source: kindle unlimited
rating:★★★★✩
from goodreads:
Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams.
But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate… with no chance of escape until the blizzard comes to an end.
In search of a book to keep her entertained until the snow abates, Tricia happens upon a secret room. One that contains audio transcripts from every single patient Dr. Hale has ever interviewed. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to Dr. Hale’s mysterious disappearance.
Tricia plays the tapes one by one, late into the night. With each one, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and Dr. Adrienne Hale’s web of lies slowly unravels.
And then Tricia reaches the final cassette.
The one that reveals the entire horrifying truth.
my review:
okay so i actually don’t know how to feel about this one. this book was super interesting and kept me interested the whole way through but the end is what threw me for a whirlwind.freida is an amazing writer, everything she writes keeps you super entertained the whole way through and you just want to know more and more. i totally thought i figured this book out but boy was i extremely WRONGG. i don’t really know how i feel about the end, or what led up to the ending. it was an abrupt switch when the reveal was made but i did not expect that at ALL. after the big tricia reveal was made i feel like the story was super rushed and she tried to fit everything into the last couple chapters so it took away from the story. but other than that it was good. i was very suspicious of ethan the whole time and i never would’ve expected anything of tricia. definitely a good read but still deciphering between 3 and 4 starts.
favorite quotes:
“nobody who asks that question wants to know the answer. and nobody who answers ever tells the truth.”
But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate… with no chance of escape until the blizzard comes to an end.
In search of a book to keep her entertained until the snow abates, Tricia happens upon a secret room. One that contains audio transcripts from every single patient Dr. Hale has ever interviewed. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to Dr. Hale’s mysterious disappearance.
Tricia plays the tapes one by one, late into the night. With each one, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and Dr. Adrienne Hale’s web of lies slowly unravels.
And then Tricia reaches the final cassette.
The one that reveals the entire horrifying truth.
my review:
okay so i actually don’t know how to feel about this one. this book was super interesting and kept me interested the whole way through but the end is what threw me for a whirlwind.freida is an amazing writer, everything she writes keeps you super entertained the whole way through and you just want to know more and more. i totally thought i figured this book out but boy was i extremely WRONGG. i don’t really know how i feel about the end, or what led up to the ending. it was an abrupt switch when the reveal was made but i did not expect that at ALL. after the big tricia reveal was made i feel like the story was super rushed and she tried to fit everything into the last couple chapters so it took away from the story. but other than that it was good. i was very suspicious of ethan the whole time and i never would’ve expected anything of tricia. definitely a good read but still deciphering between 3 and 4 starts.
favorite quotes:
“nobody who asks that question wants to know the answer. and nobody who answers ever tells the truth.”