Kat Donovan in on a dating website and discovers that her old fiancé from, 18 years ago is not only on the same but widowed. Tries to make contact but he's not interested. A young man goes to her and tells her that his mother is missing and went away with Kat's old flame. At the same time Kat is trying to find the real truth about her father's murder. This books goes on all directions but soon all is connected with some big revelations. Great story! Intriguing, you don't know where this story is going with all the questions and twists that happens.
As a book reader, I was suprised that I never heard of this author. By chance one of my bookclub had this book for the book of the month and decided to read it. I wasn't sure when I started reading this book if I was going to like it, it started really slow but all of a sudden I couldn't stop reading it! Beautifully written, just the right amount of mystery, suspense and love. I truly enjoyed reading this book. It will be in my to read more than once list.
Beautiful historical story about t Marie-Laure and Werner whose life cross paths during WWII. Wonderfully written, incredible characters.Well detailed and interesting. Loved the little French words here and there. The short chapters were a great idea but felt the book was a little bit too long, still a 5/5 novel.
Pretty rare that you see an author take supporting characters and dedicate an entire book to them. John Connolly did it just that. Taking Louis and Angel and do a story about them especially about Louis's past before ever meeting Angel and Charlie Parker. Great storyline and so full of action and a side of humour.
After an toxic gas named Variant, the world is destroyed and the remaining people are living underground. Set in the futur after the catastrophy, they rely on a group of «Mothers» who are tested at a Young age to repopulate the world. Maya is one of their top «Mothers» and one day she agrees to carry a child without knowing anything about the father. Her son Terry is not like the others, he's altered. On 7th birthday, he's happy because he's going to his first day of school. What he doesn't know is that the moment he sets foot in the school he's staying for the next 10 years to be trained as a soldier. The most bizarre is that a lot of kids are also celebrating the same birthday as him and are selected to become soldiers too.
As the years go by , we see them grow up, trained and educated all part of the of the plan to try to go back to the surface.
It was a really great story, well written and the mystery and suspense made you want to read more of the book. The ending does not disappoint.
Didn't like this book at all. The suspense just fell flat. The characters were boring. The plotline looked interesting but it wasn't a thrilling, can't sleep because I need to know what happens story. It felt one note all through the book. The relationship between Elena and Landry was plain boring. Very disappointing novel.
It took me awhile to really get into the book and at the end I did enjoy it. It's a slow book about two friends in the 50's. It starts when they are adults and Lila has disappeared and her son is looking for her. Instead of helping, Elena is remembering her childhood with Lila. Living in a small village, the violence, the jealousy and the envy that surrounds them.
The author does a good job making us part of the time and places. The struggle living during that time, the lack of choices for education of jobs, approuvals from the parents about the type of person you can marry.
Looking forward to know more about Lila and Elena in the next ones.