Review: The Fade by Demitria Lunetta
SYNOPSIS:
We don’t want to disappear. We want to be found.
Something terrible happened in her basement. Haley can feel it.
Four girls went missing several years ago, and the police never solved the case. But Haley know the missing girls were murdered. How else can she explain the hostile presence in her house?
The ghostly girls need something from her. And unless Haley can figure out what they want…she might be next.
REVIEW:
*Book Received in Exchange for Honest Opinion/Review*
So I just finished the last page of this book and all I can say is this book was weird, and I’m not even sure if it’s a good weird. I don’t think so because the more I reflect, the more I realize I am not satisfied at the end of the story. Things just didn’t fluidly flow for this story and it resulted in confusing plots, unanswered questions, abrupt twists and overall, it was not the delightful mystery I was hoping for.
I am going to attempt to explain this without spoiling the plot. So around 50-60% into the story, Haley has a self-discovery/major change happen, and upon this giant revelation the book went topsy-turvy for me. I actually paused and was like, “wait, what?!”. It kind of threw my entire reading experience off, because not only did it take away from the four girl mystery, but it added a whole slew of questions and well, it was a weird plot twist. It felt unnecessary and misplaced in the story line.
Also, there isn’t really an HEA in this book, at least in my opinion. So we have a book surrounding murders and when everything is done, I am not happy. I don’t have the warm fuzzy book feels or even the closure I usually experience. The story ends very abruptly and you’re truly left wondering what happens to Haley and Coop. What about Chris, Shannon, literally every character that was a massive part of the story and I am left wondering how the heck that all plays out because no information is provided!
It was just a dreary read, that’s the best way to describe it. No good happened in this book, it was plagued by sadness and gruesome murders. And honestly, there was nothing to balance out the story. I think that is the biggest flaw here. It’s an everything is downhill type of read and there is no balance. No tender moments, no sweet whispers, no light-hearted laughs, and surely something could have been done to balance this black-cloud of a read.
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