We go back ten years - four girls its prom nite, also the 18th birthday of two abd
everyone is in high spirits. The mood changes swiftly, the buoyancy goes, some
become morose, the attraction of their dance partners wanes, and the unthinkable
happens.
Fast forward ten years, every one of the four young women have something to hide, the
fissures appear fast and with it fear, that the secrets they held is unravelling
before their eyes.
The story was an intimate one of growing up in dysfunctional families and though
appearing damage free, the cracks and emotional distress lie just below the surface.
How parents supposed to be primary care givers, protectors of children fail in their
duties. you wonder whether they are blind or pretend a problem does not exist or that
communication is no longer possible with a willful teenager with angst aplenty.
Is it that parentsg get selfish too, thinking that their own chances of a life are
slipping away when the responsibilities of children overwhelm one.
These were the thoughts which came to me, whilst I read this story maybe nothing
what the author intended.
A murder had happened, kept secret by four girls and now it was forced into the open
by a persistent Detective, who knew that the key lay with the girls.
Good story, dark though.
Sent by Bookouture for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.