How did I miss this book! I must have been buried alive under my TBR!

Wowsa

This was an intense read, the audio book was sooooo good, the narrator really did build the characters of the two mothers and at the end…..boy oh boy I’m going to remember this for forever

The blurb of this book definitely intrigued me; however, I found that I was not able to connect with the book or the characters and sadly I did not finish.

Natalie Falcone and her brother-in-law, Vince, are the co-owners of a restaurant in the Washington DC area and they've hit a rough patch financially. Their daughters, Arden and Rory, now have to attend a local college instead of the prestigious institutions where they gained acceptance. They've grown up together and have always been as close as sisters, with only a 4-month age difference. They even look alike. All of this precipitates a tragedy no one in their families saw coming. As both sets of parents stand vigil, others work to untangle the mystery of how these two young girls ended up in these circumstances.

This is a strangely intriguing story, told in several characters' narratives and transitioning between the past and present throughout. I thought Rory and Arden were well developed, complicated and probably very typical of most teens. They kept surprising me until the end. Most of the story, however, was told from Natalie's perspective and I connected with her in every aspect. She was far from perfect and seemed to represent the typical, harried working woman trying to balance a career she loves with her children and marriage.

I'm sure parents of teenagers will find this disturbing as Rory and Arden had close relationships with their families but no one really seemed to know what was truly going on with these two. The mystery wasn't easy to resolve and a couple of twists caught me by surprise. This story will haunt me for awhile.