Release September 26, 2023
I had great hopes for this novel, given the title and the author (and its release just prior to Spooky Season). Those hopes did not completely manifest, as almost all the book focuses on 1st person narrative of an unreliable Narrator who is ruled by her heart, not her head, and pays only surface respect to authority. Also, if this were a Horror or Suspense film (and certainly it very well could be!) knowledgeable audiences would be constantly groaning because young Penny (okay, she's seventeen but hardly acts it) flies headlong into trouble over and over, more than lemmings diving from a cliff.
All that aside, the plot premise is good, the reprise a year later of earlier events is engrossing, but kudos go to the Denouement, which in its entirety is super far out! So 4 stars to the novel,12 stars to the Denouement and conclusion!😊
