Book Review / Don't Breath a Word by Jennifer McMahon

 

 

On a soft summer night in Vermont, 12-year-old Lisa went into the woods behind her house and never came out again. Before she disappeared, she told her little brother, Sam, about a door that led to a magical place where she would meet the King of the Fairies and become his queen.

Fifteen years later, Phoebe is in love with Sam, a practical, sensible man who doesn't fear the dark and doesn't have bad dreams - who, in fact, helps Phoebe ignore her own. But suddenly the couple is faced with a series of eerie, unexplained occurrences that challenge Sam's hardheaded, realistic view of the world. As they question their reality, a terrible promise Sam made years ago is revealed - a promise that could destroy them all. 

 

 

 

Published:     17th May 2011
Publisher:  Harper
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Series or Stand-Alone:  Stand-Alone
Source:  Owned
 

 

MY REVIEW

I can't remember when I found this author but I have been slowly working my way through her backlist and this one was one of the last ones to read.  I can't believe I have waited this long to read all her books.  They are just so addicting!

We follow Phoebe who in the past hears about a girl who goes missing and visits the place only to see a boy in a window.  Years later she now has a boyfriend, Sam who she realises now was the boy in the window and the brother of the girl (Lisa) who had gone missing all those years ago.  Something tells Phoebe that there is more to this story than meets the eye, as is usually the case.  

I was expecting this story to have quite a few twists and turns but what I had not been expecting was how much 'supernatural' elements are in this story.  Although, for me the best part of the story was the missing girl and what really happened I certainly was intrigued with the supernatural elements and kept me wondering what on earth had gone on in the past.  

A n intriguing thriller that certainly kept me guessing until the very last page.