I just finished SILVERS HOLLOW by Patrick Delaney.  And when I say finished I mean that I tore through this book in a passion-filled rage of pure enthusiasm and wonder.  From the first page we are already aware something is not quite right, something is just slightly out of place, and that there is a mystery to solve.  But what mystery?  What is the question?  How do we know what we don't know?!  If you ever saw or watched Wayward Pines then maybe it is something like that - you definitely know something is awry, odd, and off but you just can't even begin to imagine what it is that makes you feel that way.

Delaney does a great job at creating this strange fever dreamlike story and we can really feel the confusion and frustration of the main character as she struggles to learn where she is, when she is, and how/why this is all happening.

While reading about the town, I instantly got vibes of Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls (which the author confirms in the notes at the end!) mixed with a little Mystic Falls from The Vampire Diaries and whatever the town is in the movie remake of House of Wax.  I absolutely LOVED everything about the town!!  But even the town begins to spawn questions for the reader and the main character...

This story explores time - past, present, future - mistakes, love, loss, death, family, and so much!  As the story unravels and we learn all the who/what/when/where/why facts I could not help but turn those pages even faster just waiting to see what would happen!  And the ending was so good! 

“Time governs our entire lives, looming over us. It controls every aspect of life. You spend too much time on one thing, it eats away time from something else.”