Title: The Look-Alike
Author: Erica Spindler
Published: January 28th, 2020
Genre: Thriller | Mystery | Fiction
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About: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Other Girl and Justice for Sara comes a thrilling psychological drama about a woman who believes she escaped a brutal murder years ago—but does anyone else believe her?
Sienna Scott grew up in the dark shadow of her mother’s paranoid delusions. Now, she's returned home to confront her past and the unsolved murder that altered the course of her life.
In her mother’s shuttered house, an old fear that has haunted Sienna for years rears its ugly head —that it was she who had been the killer’s target that night. And now, with it, a new fear—that the killer not only intended to remedy his past mistake—he’s already begun. But are these fears any different from the ones that torment her mother?
As the walls close in, the line between truth and lie, reality and delusion disintegrate. Has Sienna’s worst nightmare come true? Or will she unmask a killer and finally prove she may be her mother’s look-alike, but she’s not her clone?
I got to read this suspenseful read back at the end of 2019, and it was really the perfect time because when I read it we had a bit of a cold-front finally! I love reading thrillers or cozy books (it's always one or the other, no in-between for me) when it's 'winter' in Florida.
I have to wait all year for my favorite weather and season, so I may or may not *cough cough* go all out a bit 😅.
I'm a moody reader, what can I say?
It wasn't hard at all to get into this novel, it was intriguing for me right off the bat actually. I was more on a kick for mystery and suspense and The Look-Alike delivered quite nicely.
Sienna has some harsh memories of her childhood town, especially of an incident involving a dead body. She fled to her grandmother's for ten years only to come back to face her mother's mental illness and see the dark pieces from her past still waiting for her.
Spindler already hooked me pretty well with that, but then I got immersed in the things that start happening with Sienna back in town. While Sienna has always known her mother's fears for her, she thought they were just because of her mental illness...but then some things start happening. And we start to see that maybe her mom has been right, and then from there...
My goodness, y'all it was plot-twisting around to where I couldn't predict! I love predicting who did it in these kinds of books (whether that's because I still want to believe I have actual intelligence is still up for debate), but I didn't get irritated at all. The characters didn't make me want to slap them silly, in fact I was biting my nails at some points because I was trying to figure things out.
The author's trail throughout the pages was wonderfully fast-paced and sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat. The clues to who did it and what was happening to Sienna and her mother were both misleading and perfect!
This author was quite the genius!
What kind of books do you like to read in the winter? Have you heard of this one? What did you think of it??
Have a lovely day!!
~Books with Noel
I don't have seasonal reads though I try to read horror in October if I'm in the mood for it. I just work through the books as I feel like reading them, regardless of setting or the weather outside!
ReplyDeleteThat's good, you'll definitely get through more books that way!!
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