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Carpe Librum 

My name is Cyn and thanks for stopping by.

Today I'm hosting my short(sometimes very)no nonsense, spoiler free thoughts about a book or two...

Indiebound

When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of Smiths Hollow, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won't find the killer. After all, the year before her father's body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids.

So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can't just do nothing. Not like the rest of her town. But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the center. And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will.

I need to restrain myself from gushing about this book. 

But seriously - it was so freaking good. Perhaps it was the time and area it was set - 80's Chicago- land area (to simplify) but yeah this book hit so many high notes.

The characters were all well written and as not to spoil things - I adored and rooted for most of them. I thought Ms Henry also was thoughtful in two themes she wrote about concerning serious issues that are sadly still around in today's day and age. 

My only complaint and it's a minor one, was that I wished for more answers at the end. But otherwise I loved this book and fair warning - once you start you won't want to put it down. 

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