My summary:

Beth has spent weeks taking care of her mother, Laura, around the clock as Laura loses her battle with cancer. In her dying breath, her mother’s final words leave Beth with more questions than answers. As her brother, Michael, and sister, Nicole, return to their childhood home in the wake of their mother’s death, family secrets begin to be unearthed. And they each learn that sometimes you really don’t know the ones closest to you—or what secrets they keep. 

My thoughts:

Good old fashioned peer pressure made me read this book. I kept seeing it everywhere, so here we are. I was also really in need of a genre switch from romance and this was a perfect palette cleanser for me. 

I immediately felt pulled into this story. Jeneva Rose has a very descriptive writing style. It’s really insightful. I especially love all of her analogies as descriptions throughout the entire book. 

I like the multiple POV storytelling, especially in a thriller or suspense book. It is interesting to see and hear each person’s side of the story. My heart just breaks for Beth and her mom’s death. I was immediately annoyed by Michael and his whole “holier than thou” complex. I couldn’t really relate to Nicole but I empathized with her. And as a mom with growing teenagers, I really FELT Laura’s first chapter. 

Overall, I enjoyed this book. I definitely recommend it as a good family secrets, small town, murder mystery. I do feel like I read it during a period of time where I was extra busy and I couldn’t devote as much attention to reading as I wanted. It would’ve been a much faster read for me typically than how long it took me to get through it, just because I felt like I never had time to sit and read it.