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A special thank you goes out to Freiling Publishing and Netgalley for allowing me to read this eARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Where in the heck do I begin with this book?  The synopsis doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of this complex, multilayered book. I felt such a plethora of emotions; I couldn’t even begin to list them all. When I requested this book, I thought it was going to be just a basic story and I’d give it no more than a 3.5 star rating. Boy, was I wrong and I need to stop judging books so harshly. 

What I thought was a basic story ended up being so much more. The depth and the story that all three characters, Cora from the past, Finn and Lily from the present, had just astounded me! While I personally enjoyed Cora’s story more, Finn and Lily’s story was still very interesting. 

What really made this book good was that even though there is sympathy for Finns’s family and why they are doing what they were doing, Nolden makes sure you feel all the sympathy for Cora. There is a truly heartbreaking reason why Finn’s family is doing this awful thing but you remember to place your sympathies firmly with Cora. Even when she does some questionable things, you understand why she does what she does. You don’t judge her at all. That is excellent story writing, in my humble opinion. 

Overall, this was a great book! It took me a little bit to get into it. I had to get into Cora’s story for me to truly be interested in it. But once I read her story, I was hooked until the very end. I loved this book so much and the ending has me beyond excited for the sequel. I think it’s going to be way more darker than what this book offered and I am living for it.