This book was creepy as hell and so suspenseful. I couldn't put it down. Awesome ending, too. Can't wait to read more from this author.

The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti is another enjoyable read from this author. The pacing is somewhat slow but suspense continues to build. I don't think many readers will be able to figure out the whodunit aspect. I enjoyed this title, though not as much as The Vanishing Year.

People are who who we make them... or maybe we become what they think of us. This was a powerful novel on many levels. It goes into thoughts of trust, of self and on a large scale doubt of self and others.

THE BLACKBIRD SEASON centers around a place where we all have been... high school. a place where we (or at least me) was constantly searching for myself and where to fit in. Do you fly under the radar? Stay true to friends of your whole life just because they are there? Who really knows you? At a time in life when. You are searching it is normal to allow one moment to define you... to send you a path... to make you make decisions that snowball and lead to others. And what if for one moment you stepped out of the caste someone put you in and opened yourself up? What if you found someone to believe in you?

This novel is set in a sleepy town that has secrets but for the most part there are no outsiders everyone knows everyone and expectations are set and met everyday. When a phenomenon happens and brings reporters to the town will secrets that were better left buried be exposed? And If they are, are the right secrets?

Told from 4 distinctive voices and POVs: Nate Winters- town hero, the guy everyone trusts and likes. The teacher who students think of as a friend and as cool, the baseball coach who has a star player who will go places. The teacher who blurs the line between friendship and authority. Is it just a facade? Can he be this nice? Alecia Winters- Nate's hard wife. She has an autistic son and she is a stay at home
Mom. She is a crack in Nate's perfection but he loves her. In fact "he chose her" she was troubled and needed love. He makes her feel alive. But does he love her? He is a bit absent in fatherhood and a little too close to his students and has he cheated on her? Is he as she always suspected too good to be true? Bridget- a widow and a teacher. A friend and confidante to both Nate and Alesia Does she know the real truth and can she step outside of her own sadness to do the right thing? And Lucia a troubled student who is abandoned by her parents, beaten by her addict brother and who goes to Nate for help. She just wants him to believe her to believe IN her and when she doesn't---well they all think she is crazy so why not?

When Nate is accused of having an affair with Lucia and then she goes missing everyone believes he killed her. How can he explain the closeness to her, the need to save her and save himself?


This novel is twisty and turny. You'll want to find out the answer as quick as possible but want to stay with these people as long as possible. You'll find yourself wanting to hug Alecia and tell her that Her son will be ok, to relax and let her husband in. You'll want to befriend Bridget and let her mourn and then have a drink with her and tell her it's ok to start dating again. You'll want to be in Nate's presence, to feel his smile on you and you'll want to believe him and protect him. And Lucia. You'll want to save her.

I loved it. I couldn't wait to read this novel after reading Kate Moretti's other thrillers. Her three other books were fast paced and page turning. You liked the characters and you were enticed with the mystery. This novel had a different feel. It was more complex. More mature. The characters were more multi dimensional. But the story and the Thrills were still there. I think this novel will touch every reader and will leave them questioning how they see others and the actions they would take if confronted with some of the same circumstances.


This novel comes out September 2017. It is a book that I will tell everyone to read and will definitely re read to see if I figure out some of the twists earlier with Morettis wonderful storytelling

This will be a must read of the fall!!!

***thank you to the author Kate Moretti for writing this and letting me read it early, to Atria Books and Edelweiss for the early digital copy!****