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Dark And Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain
Feb. 12th, 2022 03:37 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
A missing girl.
A town full of psychics.
A secret that won’t stay buried …
Seventeen-year-old Grey returns to La Cachette, Louisiana - the small town where she grew up - every summer. But this time is different. Grey’s best friend Elora has been missing for months.
When Grey discovers a connection between Elora’s disappearance and a pair of grisly murders thirteen years earlier, she realises she can’t trust anyone. Not her grandmother; nor her childhood love, and least of all the stormy-eyed boy who emerges from the bayou. Magic and secrets fester beneath the surface of La Cachette and its dark and shallow lies are about to blow the town apart …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Ginny Myers Sain’s debut YA paranormal thriller is an absorbing read with strong first person narration and a Southern gothic vibe. I believed in Grey and Elora’s relationship, Grey’s reaction to learning La Cachette’s dark past and the psychic elements but the obligatory YA love triangle is unconvincing, I wanted to see more of all the Summer Children and the pace sags at times. That said it held my attention and I’d read Sain’s next book.
DARK AND SHALLOW LIES was released in the United Kingdom on 2nd September 2021. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
A town full of psychics.
A secret that won’t stay buried …
Seventeen-year-old Grey returns to La Cachette, Louisiana - the small town where she grew up - every summer. But this time is different. Grey’s best friend Elora has been missing for months.
When Grey discovers a connection between Elora’s disappearance and a pair of grisly murders thirteen years earlier, she realises she can’t trust anyone. Not her grandmother; nor her childhood love, and least of all the stormy-eyed boy who emerges from the bayou. Magic and secrets fester beneath the surface of La Cachette and its dark and shallow lies are about to blow the town apart …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Ginny Myers Sain’s debut YA paranormal thriller is an absorbing read with strong first person narration and a Southern gothic vibe. I believed in Grey and Elora’s relationship, Grey’s reaction to learning La Cachette’s dark past and the psychic elements but the obligatory YA love triangle is unconvincing, I wanted to see more of all the Summer Children and the pace sags at times. That said it held my attention and I’d read Sain’s next book.
DARK AND SHALLOW LIES was released in the United Kingdom on 2nd September 2021. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
