Sixteen year-old Echo Stone awakens in a cold sweat in a dark room, having no idea where she is or how she got there. But she soon finds out she's in Middle House, an orphanage filled with mysteriously troubled kids.
There's just one problem: she's not an orphan. Her parents are very much alive.
She explains this to everyone, but no one will listen. After befriending a sympathetic (and handsome) boy, Echo is able to escape Middle House and rush home, only to discover it sealed off by crime scene tape and covered in the evidence of a terrible and violent crime. As Echo grapples with this world-shattering information, she spots her parents driving by and rushes to flag them down. Standing in the middle of street, waving her arms to get their attention, her parents car drives right through her.
She was right. Her parents are alive but she's not.
She's a ghost, just like all the other denizens of Middle House. Desperate to somehow get her life back and reconnect with her still-alive boyfriend, Echo embarks on a quest to solve her own murder. As the list of suspects grows, the quest evolves into a journey of self-discovery in which she learns she wasn't quite the girl she thought she was. In a twist of fate, she's presented with one last chance to reclaim her life and must make a decision which will either haunt her or bless her forever.
My Review:
I enjoyed this book! It was creepy, and I think you can get that from all elements of this book-the title, the cover, the synopsis, and especially the writing and the story! There was just something off, and that was so interesting!
One thing was, that we knew what was going to happen, when Echo didn't, so that took the mystery out of discovering what was going on. Sure, we didn't know the details, but it ruined it just a little bit for me!
Of course, she has to figure out who killed her. Not a pleasant quest in the least (are any quests pleasant?) There are the other kids that are with her that have their own stories, and I enjoyed meeting all of them!
How things ending? That was just the best! While Echo kinda flip flopped on the romance, it was solved, as well as her murder! And instead of going up, well, she stays here and so she can stay with the people who've become her friends, so that was just a fantastic ending!
Yeah, this was a pretty awesome book and I enjoyed reading it!
Author: Temple Mathews
Read: August 18th, 2017
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2017 Book!
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Book
Published: August 8th 2017
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