Kira’s daughter is missing. And she is leaving no stone unturned. But she is not the only one missing from this quiet, Maine town. So, what is going on?!?

There are several main characters in this story, but Grace is the one that I enjoyed the most. Grace is a young lady that is down but not out. She has had major trauma in her past and so she lives for her solitude because she does not want anyone to know her secrets. Her pain is evident in everything she does but so is her strength!

The intensity just steadily builds as this novel moves along but it moves like a rocket. I read it in one day. So, if you need a vacation read, I highly recommend this one.

Need an intense tale that moves like lightning…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today!

I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.

This book was good! I enjoyed the story and characters! There were parts that weren’t my favorite but overall a good read! 4 stars!

I really enjoy stories that have multiple POVs but the timelines join at the end. I flew through this, I couldn’t put it down.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
Another good one from this author. A little back and forth with all of the different characters but things do eventually merge.
This one had me thoroughly interested and invested in what really happened to those gone missing or dead.

"So many girls disappear after dark--during the vanishing hour, and some make it back. Most don't. If there was a girl, I hope she's safe now."

I've got to admit, for the first half of this I thought it was just OK but I kept reading anyway. Then I hit the 60% mark and I raced through the rest of the book. The second half had so much action and so many red herrings (which I love) that I didn't even mind sitting in the doctor's office waiting room well past my appointment time because I could not put this book down.

The Vanishing Hour follows three perspectives--Kira, Grace and Aden. Kira's daughter is missing, Grace has a tumultuous past, and Aden's father is also missing. They all come together due to the commonalities in their stories as they begin to unravel the mystery. One thing I did find annoying though, was that Kira's story was in first person, while Aden and Grace's perspectives were third person, which just felt weird. There were also some strange love interests that didn't seem believable or needed. Otherwise though I did enjoy this and will need to check out the author's backlist!

This was a highly entertaining quick paced thriller with plenty of twists that kept me at the edge of my seat! I appreciate it’s not a cookie cutter thriller book and was well written. I really enjoyed it and look forward to reading the next novel by Seraphina Noba Glass!

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing, Graydon House for a copy of the e-arc for my honest review.
I loved this book and could not put it down. I enjoyed the twists and turns, it was a great mystery/thriller. I liked the writing and will be sure to check out this author again. I will be sure to pick up a copy for my shelf. Really enjoyed and held my interest throughout the whole book. 4 stars!

This is a book with a dark and twisty plot and characters with different storylines that merge together. There’s Aden whose father has disappeared who returns home to Maine to look for him. There is the mother whose daughter has vanished from the red light district in the small town of Rock Harbor Maine. And finally, there is the woman hiding from the world with a secret past that holds all of the events in the book together. This book started a little slow, but I I was impressed with how everything fit together, just like a puzzle and the author does a masterful job of weaving the story around the character of Grace. This was a well-written book. My heart was in my throat at times as I waited for the next twist. I did guess the bad guy, but it didn’t take away from the overall story.

I just reviewed The Vanishing Hour by Seraphina Nova Glass. #TheVanishingHour #NetGalley

This book was fast paced with great character development. The storyline held my interest and the pacing was perfect. If you like mental puzzles with suspense, you will enjoy this book!

I really loved Seraphina Nova Glass’ last book, but this one fell a little flat for me. It seemed to have a lot of unnecessary dialogue and details that I could have done without. The ending left something to be desired. Not the worse, not the best.

This book was a ride! I really enjoyed the characters and the plot. I did find that the ending wasn't my favorite but that's just a personal opinion. And it didn't tarnish my view of the whole book. It was an enjoyable time for any fans of mysteries.

I really wanted to love this one but I felt like there were too many instances where things didn’t quite fit or made any sense.

Also I just think the ending was a bit rushed and didn’t add up for me. There were still some elements of the story I did enjoy though, thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read The Vanishing Hour.

What a great roller coaster ride from this book. Three characters that will be bound together for ever, the son of a missing man, the mother of a missing girl and a woman who was once missing herself. Three different people going down this deep dark path to find the missing. Truly unbelievable end that sets this book apart for others. Thanks to NetGalley for my advanced reader copy. The book will be released on May 30, 2023. I suggest you get your copy as soon as it arrives. I now have to read the previous books by the author..

Book : The Vanishing Hour
Author : Seraphina Nova Glass
Pub Date : 30 May 2023

Thank you NetGalley, Harlequin Trade Publishing & the author for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I love the cover is beautiful! I had to start this review off with that. I’m a lover of a good cover 🤌🏻.

This book was extremely well written. This has trigger warnings you may want to look into if that is something that matters to you, but I have yet to find something that bothers me. This books follows multiple characters who all have lost someone from Rock Harbor (thus the name of the book).

This book is a fast paced psychological thriller that took hold of my mind and my life and I sat and read this book start to finish. I couldn’t stop and I couldn’t help but feel like I was relating to Kira throughout the book. I will say—I never saw the ending coming.

This book is a 4 star for me and I will absolutely be purchased a physical copy to have on my shelf.

I was thrilled to be approved for this, so thank you to the publisher, Harlequin Trade, for this ARC!

After reading Glass' other novel, On A Quiet Street, which I gave 5 stars, I eagerly dove into The Vanishing Hour. However, for some reason, even though I enjoyed it, I did not like it as much. I enjoyed the setting in Maine. Glass' writing style immediately put me there. We follow Aden, Grace and Kira, all with three different story lines. I will admit that I got a tad overwhelmed by this, and it had a lot going on. Things did feel a bit disconnected to me for a bit. I did enjoy how everything came together eventually, though. There were a lot of twists that I did not see coming. 3.5 stars! Anything by Serpahina is now definitely an automatic must read for me.

#book50of2023 The Vanishing Hour by Seraphina Nova Glass I don’t usually read thrillers, but I need to read them more often! This was a fast read and a page turner for sure- I had to stop myself from trying to read ahead to see what was going to happen. In Rock Harbor, Kira is beside herself with worry because her teenage daughter Brooke has been missing for two weeks with no signs of her. Questioning everything and everyone she knows she is on a mission to find and save her daughter. Aden has just been called home to help his family search for his father who’s missing also. He decides to have his daughter stay at college while he goes home to Rock Harbor. Deciding to not stay at his already over-filled family home, he decides to stay at an inn. Grace is happy to be away from people, the news, society, everything so that she can escape the painful memories the way she escaped her vicious captor all those years ago. She unwillingly agrees to let Aden stay at the inn she runs and surprises herself with her fast friendship. This story weaves each character together seamlessly. I could not stop reading and finished quickly. The plot is pretty good and only slightly predictable (only slightly- I was not expecting the ending at all!!) #kristalreads

Thank you to #netgalley and #GraydonHouse for an advanced readers copy. This book was published May 30, 2023.

"The Vanishing Hour" was a missing persons thriller with a melancholy vibe that was peopled with empathetic and interesting characters.

Four young women and two elderly men have vanished from one of the town's seedier streets over the course of several years. All of them have disappeared between 10:00 and 11:00 pm - the press have coined it 'the vanishing hour'. Of these, two of the young women were later found dead, one escaped, and one is still missing... Of the two men, one has been found dead and one is still missing...

Grace Holloway is the one girl that escaped. Since her traumatic ordeal she has withdrawn from the world to insulate herself from further pain. She manages an inn on the outskirts of town, and lives there with her dog named Hobbes. Grace has knowledge that could blow things wide open - but her knowledge could have very dangerous repercussions and has to be told in a prudent way.

Kira Everett is the mother of the most recent missing girl. Desperate to find her beloved daughter she goes to extreme lengths to investigate her disappearance. Her daughter, nineteen year old Brooke, was a music student who fell in with the drug scene via a new boyfriend.

Aden Coleman is a widower and single dad. He is the son of the most recent missing man, seventy-three year old Martin Coleman. He tries to be a tower of strength for his distraught mother and needy brother, yet his fortitude is tested by his own worries and personal demons. Loathe to stay in his family home, he stays at the inn which Grace manages.

When Aden, Grace and Kira put their heads together, their tenacity is evident. Can they discover something the police have missed? What could possibly connect the murder of young women and elderly men?

There are several suspects that all sound plausible - yet the reader is stymied as to who it could be carrying out these atrocious crimes. With excellent characterization and descriptions, this novel was easy to visualize. The pace was steady and the narrators alternated between Grace, Aden, Kira, and Brooke.

The ending held a plot twist that I did not anticipate. In fact, the last chapters revealed a few plot twists that led up to, for the most part, a highly satisfactory ending.

This is the author's fifth thriller with another scheduled for publication in 2024. "The Vanishing Hour" was my first experience reading her work and I look forward to delving into her back-list when time permits. This is a memorable thriller that is sure to be appreciated by fans of the genre.

4.5 stars rounded up

This one is an enjoyable psychological thriller suspense read, although not my fav from this author.

What I like:
- It has a good premise. Missing persons case that starts from many years ago until present day and dissimilarity between the victims is pretty intriguing.
- the characters, it's multi pov, so it's kinda fun trying to pice together the clues from each pov.
- the plot, it's pretty solid, even though I guessed it correctly, I have my suspicion early on.

What I don't like:
- kinda slow, the pacing is so confusing.
- the conclusion is too convenience.
- lots of things that I found don't make any sense
- I super excited in the last few chapters but then there's that too convenient thing that got me a bit disapointed

Recommended: well this is not my fav, but still a solid and enjoyable read.

Thank you to the publisher, author and Net Galley for an ARC of this book in return for my honest review.

I found Seraphina after reading On A Quiet Street last year. I loved it so much, I put it on the list for my sister to read this year as a part of our one book for the other person each month this year! After seeing that she had a new book coming out, I was so excited and The Vanishing Hour did not disappoint. The story follows three characters that all are related to the missing people in some way. The plot kept me on the edge of my seat not knowing who I could trust throughout the story and had me questioning who was on Kira's side and who was playing her. Kudos to Glass for slowly giving up secrets about the missing people and the narrators but leaving enough to not truly know what was truth until the end of the story. If you enjoy thrillers that you can't put down, this is the one for you!

TW: abduction, prostitution

One of my favorite authors for mixing dark and twisted elements with realistic emotionally complex characters who are relatable.
This one delivers that in spades! A mother is looking for her teenage daughter who goes missing in a bad area of town, that is notorious for girls going missing over the years.
This time though two older men go missing and they must find the link, before her daughter ends up dead.
This one kept me up all night as I was hooked from the start.