What You Never Knew
A Novel
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Told in alternating points of view between the living and the dead, Jessica Hamilton's debut novel will be perfect for fans of The Lovely Bones.
Idyllic Avril lsland, owned by the Bennett family, where their hundred-year-old cottage sat nestled in acres of forest. Forty-year-old June Bennett believed that the island had been sold after the summer of her father's disappearance when she was only twelve years old. It's months after the shocking death of her older sister May in a fatal car accident, that June finds out that the cottage was never sold. Avril Island is still owned by the Bennett family and now it's hers.
Still reeling from the grief of losing her sister, June travels back to Avril lsland in search of answers. As she digs, she learns that the townspeople believe her father may in fact have been murdered rather than having abandoned his family in the dead of night, as she was led to believe by her mother. And that's when she begins to notice strange things happening on the island--missing family possessions showing up, doors locking on their own, unexplained noises in the night, shadowy figures disappearing into the woods. It takes June no time at all to realize that her childhood summers at Avril Island were not at all what they had seemed to be.
Customer Reviews
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What I thought I knew, I never knew. This book took me for a loop and I’m grateful for the gem quotes placed throughout this book. I have a difficult relationship with my mother and this healed me, realize a bit. Also knowing that once we accept things for what they are, how much more it makes sense. I loved it.
Ehh this was ok. The ending wasn’t very believable.
This wasn’t a thriller what’s so ever. If you can count the last maybe 10% or so, then I guess. Nothing much really happens in the book until the end. Sometimes the writing was beautiful especially towards the end. But sometimes it wasn’t. It needed editing. The occasional long chapters were unnecessary. I didn’t feel like I really got to know the characters until halfway through the book and idk this was just ok to me.
Well that was a surprise!
Okay, love it! This book kept me invested the entire time. I was also very surprised by the ending, and it kept me guessing. I would recommend this book to anyone!