Book info:
Title: Before I Let Go
Author: Marieke Nijkamp
Genre: YA Contemporary
Release Date: January 2nd, 2018
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Source: ARC received from publisher
My rating: 3 stars
Synopsis:
Best friends Corey and Kyra were inseparable in their snow-covered town of Lost Creek, Alaska. When Corey moves away, she makes Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return.
Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. Corey is devastated―and confused. The entire Lost community speaks in hushed tones about the town’s lost daughter, saying her death was meant to be. And they push Corey away like she’s a stranger.
Corey knows something is wrong. With every hour, her suspicion grows. Lost is keeping secrets―chilling secrets. But piecing together the truth about what happened to her best friend may prove as difficult as lighting the sky in an Alaskan winter…
My Review:
Unfortunately, unlike with the first book by this author, This is Where it Ends, I wasn’t blown away by this one. While there were definitely some important topics in it, mental health, bullying, a gay teen couple, an asexual teen, not sure about how well it really touched on those. I felt like this one hovered too much on trying to have a supernatural aspect, but in the end, it just wasn’t enough for me. It just wavered too much between that and the mental health/other issues. It didn’t really spend enough time to make it a great book for any of the things it could have been.
At times I was a little unsure about who a certain person was, or how they had related earlier in the story. I guess I was just left wanting more. There were some parts that definitely were scary or creepy. And there were some emotional parts that made me cry a bit. But it just didn’t all fit together well for me.
I will continue to look for future books by this author, but I will hope for one more like the first book.
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Sorry you didn't care for this book as much as her first one. I haven't read either, but they both sound interesting. It seems her books are either really hated or really loved. Happy New Year!
I didn't hate this one necessarily, just didn't care for it that much. Oh well. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for the review. I have enough books in my TBR pile.
slehan at juno dot com
I know what you're saying, but I can't imagine stopping adding books that sound good. 🙂 Thanks for visiting!
I actually wasn't as blown away by this author's first book as most people seemed to be, so I'm a little skeptical already going into this one. The reviews seem to be generally meh.
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Hmm, I really liked the first one, it had some very dramatic things in it, I thought. But you may want to skip this one then. Thanks for stopping by!
I haven't read the first book by this author, but it sounds like a book for today's current social status of gun violence unfortunately. Both of these are on my TBR list; based on your thoughts I'll definitely start with this is Where it Ends.
The first one definitely was perfect for the times. This one was a lot different.Thanks for visiting!