First, there were my mother's bones . . .
A young woman returns home to the small, claustrophobic town of Knife River. When Jess was thirteen, her mother went for a walk and did not return - now, fifteen years later, bones have been discovered in the woods nearby.
Jess's sister has remained in their childhood home - her life, their home and the town itself seemingly frozen in time. As days turn into weeks, Jess's understanding of the past, her sister, and herself becomes more and more complicated - and the list of suspects responsible for her mother's terrible fate more and more ominous . . .
I really enjoyed this book. I loved finding out more about Jess and Liz and how they were both dealing with their mum's disappearance and then how they dealt with after her remains were found fifteen years later. Jess was our main character and as the youngest of the two sisters she has less memories of her mother but was still affected by her loss. This affected Jess's life choices in terms or relationships and living status.
I really enjoyed reading about the relationship between Jess and Liz and the fact that there were times when things were really awkward between them and others when they had some really lovely moments and bonded over the silliest of things. I really felt for Liz, whilst she was older when their mum disappeared and she had to look after Jess and the house, there were also things that she had hidden from Jess as they were growing up so that there were things that Jess didn't see about her mum.
I thought that the storyline as to who was responsible for their mum's disappearance was really intriguing - whilst some people had a clear culprit that they thought was responsible, Jess was more open to looking at other possibilities. Even when it looked like we were not going to get the answer, Jess persevered until she found out the truth and then made a decision to protect Liz.
This was a great read which was really well written. You can grab a copy here #Aff (If you buy a copy through this link I get a teeny commission of the sale from Amazon)
Huge Thanks to Love Books Tours, Justine Champine, Manilla Press and Bonnier Books UK for my place on the blog tour.
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