Before I Let Go

by Marieke Nijkamp

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Pub Date Jan 02 2018 | Archive Date Jan 04 2019

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Mystery & Thrillers | Teens & YA

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends comes an intense story of loss and the quest for truth

Corey and her best friend, Kyra, are inseparable. Corey is the only person who understands Kyra’s high-highs and low-lows. So when Corey’s family moves away from their Alaskan town, she makes Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winters and wait for her return. Except Kyra doesn’t.

Two days before Corey is to visit, Kyra is found floating underneath the ice.

While everyone in Lost Creek deems Kyra’s death a suicide, Corey knows something is wrong. With every hour, her suspicion grows. The town is keeping secrets—chilling secrets. But piecing together the truth about what happened to Kyra may prove as difficult as lighting the sky in an Alaskan winter…

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends comes an intense story of loss and the quest for truth

Corey and her best friend, Kyra, are inseparable. Corey is the only person...

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Alexina V, Educator

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Summary: Corey visits her old home, Lost Creek, after her best friend Kyra drowns. However, not everything is as it appears on small-town Lost Creek.

This book had such great potential but it fell massively short, though I didn't care for "This is Where It Ends," so I shouldn't even be surprised.

Yes, I was hooked and intrigued since the beginning but it just NEVER got good. The story felt too repetitive and it was just...weird. Like another user said, Nijkamp shot out of the gates, rather than building the suspense, and, so, it felt like it never went anywhere.

I didn't understand the various chapters that were written like scripts. What, exactly, did that add to the story? Nothing or maybe I missed something.

I'm also confused about the genre and unclear as to whether this was meant to include magical realism or if it was just straight up realistic fiction with some weird factor mixed in.

I don't know but this one wasn't good and finding it was so laborious!