By: Liv Lowry
Many thanks to Books & Bloom PR for the eARC of this book!
With her dangerous and obsessive ex boyfriend basically stalking her, Lily agrees to go away for the weekend on a girls trip with her friends Sloane and Ava. They go to a secluded lake cabin in the Adirondack Mountains. When they get there, Lily sees that it’s near her old boarding school. The boarding school where a girl went missing. When it begins to storm outside, the lights inside flicker. Then a woman shows up at the door accusing someone in the house of killing her family member. And now, this woman wants them to pay. But there’s more than one person here hiding a secret – a deep, dark secret.
My description of the synopsis does NOT do this book justice. I can’t even begin to tell you how amazing this thriller is. I don’t think anything I say or write is going to be enough! Just know that this is a 5 star book, a definite must read.
We get the dual timeline here, the present of what is happening now and then what happened while Lily was at the boarding school. Neither the past nor the present lack for action. But the action in the present is heart pounding and keeps you on the edge of your seat. It may even make you hold your breath because you can’t read fast enough. Lowry writes a creepy and atmospheric book – it’s as if you’re stuck in that lakeside cabin alongside the characters.
More than 1 secret comes to light, and the secrets are amazing. Then there are a few twists that I didn’t see coming. I wasn’t even trying to guess because I just wanted to read! The gut punch of the first big twist was awesome. Then the gut punch of the second one!!!! All of these together with the ending, it was just all so satisfying.
This is a dark, addictive thriller. It’s definitely one of my top books this year!
Publish Date: July 31, 2026
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