Krysten’s Review

I enjoyed this book. It had plenty of twists and turns to keep me turning pages, and I was surprised throughout and often second guessed myself—and the characters. The narrators obviously have secrets and flaws that make them unreliable, and a child isn’t the greatest witness under the best of circumstances, let alone in the aftermath of a tragedy. So I was never really sure of what was real, what was a lie, and what was imagined. Tremayne does a good job of holding back important details from the backstory until they will have the most impact.

I did, however, find myself skipping over some of the setting descriptions, which used a lot of Gaelic words and topography I’m not familiar with, having never been to Scotland. The setting was important to the story, but it was difficult for me to picture.

I’m not sure how I feel about the ending. When the truth about the accident was revealed, I definitely didn’t see it coming; it felt a bit contrived. There were clues, of course, but somehow it still felt like it came out of left field. Even after reflecting, I’m still not entirely sure what really happened. But then again, neither were the characters, so it makes sense that the reader would still be somewhat confused at the end. I’d be curious to see if going back to read it a second time and finding the subtle clues I missed before would clear things up.

All in all, this was a great book, and I would certainly read another Tremayne novel.