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The plot of this will sound familiar to anyone that has read anything in the thriller genre. Woman returns home despite [insert complicated relationship with family] and unwinds the mystery of [insert traumatic event]. A spin on an old trope can be great, but this isn‘t that. Very predictable (I figured out the “twist” almost immediately), and the protagonist‘s lack of deduction skills defied logic. In the end, I was just bored by this. 2⭐️

@BeckyWithTheGoodBooks ‘s #lmpbc choice coming through as my slump buster. I have …too many… books going but my brain hasn‘t been sinking into the stories… But I could NOT get enough of Annie‘s gaslighting & all the family drama in this one!

It‘s a small thrill to pull a book languishing on my shelves to discover a good read was awaiting. I bought into the mystery as it unfolded considering unfortunately this kind of stuff happens. The only stretch for me was how the relationship between Ben and Sylvie ended. ….Can you tell from my stack I tend toward Summer vs Winter titles!?

Jan #Bookspin Category: pub 2016-19

A decent mystery about a young woman who teturns home to care for her sick mother….and investigates the death of her sister 10+ years before.

@TheAromaofBooks #Bookspin October

For #OutstandingOctober I am hoping to finish We Sold Our Souls for #authoramonth challenge…Grady Hendrix. I will read my sections for the #SundayBuddyRead The Nature of Witches. And I hope to read the tagged book for #Bookspin. All my challenges for the month! If I am lucky I will finish all and go back to Fairy Tale - Stephen King.

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In my humble opinion, this debut was neither spellbinding nor suspenseful, but it did keep my interest enough to finish in a day. I wasn‘t really fond of any of the characters, didn‘t understand all the stupid lying everyone did, and thought the ending could have been improved on, but I stuck around to see the mystery solved. 🤷🏻‍♀️

My #AboutSisters book for #Booked2022

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#TheWinterSister #MeganCollins #BookSpinBingo

16 years ago, Persephone went out with her boyfriend and never came home and years later, her murder is still unsolved. In the present day, Sylvie returns home to care for her estranged mother, Annie, as she undergoes treatment for cancer.

The story was way too predictable and the characters were too flat.

This was a good rainy Saturday read. Some of the storylines were a bit odd and predictable. But still a good read and shows that family secrets can be deadly. @michellelav you will enjoy.

At its centre, this is about the murder of the protagonist Sylvie‘s sister, Persephone, which happened 16 years prior, when Sylvie was 14 and Persephone, 18. Sylvie always believed her sister‘s boyfriend was responsible, though he was never charged. Now Sylvie is home to look after her mother who has cancer. Secrets are the order of the day. This is less a thriller and more a well-written family drama. A great read.

I feel like this would make a great Lifetime movie. I knew how it would play out before it ended but I was still compelled to keep reading.
Checked this one off my #Scarathlon2021 TBR. #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick #ReadlikeHellathon #Spookoween #Wickedathon

Kids and Hubby made cakes and I am watching Midnight Mass on Netflix. I did not see episode 3's changes coming. #TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon2021 @Clwojick

And 1st horror movie of the season is Child's Play. Not my 1st choice but the Hubby wanted to see it so here we are. #Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter

Just okay. I am not sure what it was about the book or the characters but I just could not get into the story.
Sylvie is living with guilt from the murder of her older sister Persephone which occurred some 16 years earlier. When her mother becomes ill she must go home to care for her & her visit stirs up the ghosts & pain from her past.
I found none of the characters relatable & couldn't wait for the book to end. Not one of my favorites.

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I loved the scenes between Sylvie and her mother the most. Her mother shut her and the rest of the world out and became an alcoholic after her sister‘s murder and to see the issues and sadness confronted was really good and helped them to heal. They both thought they had each other figured out. I love the toxic mother-daughter relationship in a thriller/mystery. I think it adds a bit to the story for me personally.

16 years after her sisters still unsolved murder, Sylvie returns home to care for her estranged and sick mother. Can she overcome the guilt she feels after she finds herself back in her childhood bedroom she once shared with her sister Persephone. Will her truths set her free?

This was a pretty quick read for me. I enjoyed the storyline and the depth of the characters but the ending seemed predictable and somewhat unfinished. Solid 🌟🌟🌟.8 stars

I have not been in a good mood today. Hopefully reading will pull me out of that negative head space.

So far so good! Staying up way too late but enjoying every second of it. ❤

10/10-10/11
Quick read. I found the writing enjoyable, and I didn't know where the story was going. Three stars.

Found one! 🤣

The Winter Sister, Megan Collins
I am feeling like this will be good, even though I just started. 🤞

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this mystery from #BOTM — it wasn‘t perfect but it kept me intrigued til the end. I don‘t want to give away spoilers so I‘ll just say it was excellent for a debut novel. 4⭐️

This was really slow at first. And then it went really quickly. But it was sort of predictable. Persephone has died. Seventeen years later, Sylvie is back in town, caring for her mother. And she starts poking into the mystery of what happened to her sister.

#BookSpinBingo square 8
@TheAromaofBooks

If you follow me you know it's pretty difficult to get me not to like a book. So be shocked when I say, I hated this book. It was described as an amazing murder mystery, tied into a story about familial forgiveness and personal growth.

This was a mild murder mystery, void of any suspense. It had one super awkward sex scene and a pretty conspicuous ending.

I would not recommend this book. But if you've read it, I would love your feedback :-)

Bit slow and predictable but still a good read.

It was an interesting story.. but I didnt really like the main character 🤷‍♀️ so it was just ok. (Also I'm pretty sure I heard this same story on Law and Order SVU)

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I love a good mystery. This book kept me guessing I loved that I wasn‘t sure who did it and for what reason.

My first finished book of #24B42020! A decent thriller-mystery. All the characters had secrets they were keeping from everyone else, and between trying to guess what they were as well as the whodunnit, it held my interest!

#TBRRead #wintergames #teamnutcracker

I‘m done with #24B42020 for today and had hoped to do a little better, but I‘ve had an annoying headache all day! I started these three books and logged over 4 hours...not too bad considering!

40pts for #teamnutcracker #wintergames

I‘ve been lazy this morning but I‘m finally starting #24B42020!

Much of this didn‘t ring true for me

So-so mystery/thriller. Mostly plausible, but I found some of the characters‘ behaviors a little hard to take. Writing needed some work - too many awkward similes and letting go of breath she didn‘t know she‘d been holding. 2⭐️

#SoulSeptember @Eggs
Day 2 This book is totally about the love/hate relationship between #sisters

Last line: Then, our hands holding together, we touched the brush to the wall and we painted.

Love she kept like a dangerous animal, at arms length.

Because we had to...You can do nearly anything when you have to.

Memory lane is a difficult road to walk.

...and as I flinched, another grin spread onto his face as greasily as butter in a hot pan.

Tommy's eyes latched onto my skin like a pair of leeches.

Love is love. You can't just kick it to the curb, even if sometimes you wished like hell you could.

I couldnt keep the condescension out of my voice. It dripped over every word, thick and sticky.

Because all she could do after that was lend it [her heart] out like a library book, something to be borrowed for a short period of time and then safely returned

...no matter what you've lost. You're still allowed to have dreams you know. You're still allowed to chase them.

My love for you...is exactly like those stars. It is as eternal as each and every one of them It goes on and on and on.

First line: When they found my suster's body, the flyers we'd hung around town were still crisp against the telephone poles.

Great thriller! Kept me engaged the whole time all the while wondering what happened to Persephone. Definitely had some major twists.

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