by: Chevy Stevenspublished by: St. Martin's Press
On the day she was abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a thirty-two year old Realtor, had three goals—sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever- patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor of the day pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.
Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent captive of a sadistic psychopath in a remote mountain cabin, which unfolds through sessions with her psychiatrist, is a second narrative recounting events following her escape—her struggle to piece her shattered spirit back together and the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor.
This was a very dark read. It had a lot of violence and rough language in it. If that's not something you can handle, this is not the book for you. She spent a long time in the hands of a sadistic captor and the book is her retelling of the events to her therapist. She's understandably bitter about what happened during and after her time away.
This was a debut book by Chevy Stevens and I was impressed. I'll be looking for the next book by this author which will be Never Knowing coming out next summer. In looking at the summary, I think that one will be as dark and moody (and right up my alley) as this one.
3 comments:
I was lucky enough to read an ARC of this book and I loved it! I felt the same way; is it right to love a book that's so tragic?? But it was nonetheless a great, emotional read.
i agree! i loved this book as dark as it was. I had to know what was going to happen. Some of the turn of events in this book were just shocking.
This does sound right up my alley!
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