Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Atria Books for gifting me a digital ARC of the debut novel by Kate Fagan. All opinions expressed in this review are my own – 5 stars!
Cate Kay is the author of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series. But Cate Kay doesn’t really exist. Her true identity has been hidden until now. As a teenager, she and her best friend, Amanda, dreamed of escaping their difficult home lives and moving to California to become movie stars. But the day they were to leave, tragedy struck. Cate has been on the run ever since.
This is a fabulous debut and I love how the story is told in snippets from the POV of a whole cast of characters, even very minor ones, to completely flesh out the events. In addition, Cate has footnotes at the end of most of those other voice chapters, filling in even more information from her point of view. It also includes a book within a book, which I thought was done really well because it again added dimension to the story of the two friends. It was unique, very well written and completely absorbing. I was always anxious to get back to reading and loved the ending. Can’t wait to read more from this author – bravo for a wonderful debut!
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