Everyone in Tenney's Harbor, Maine, has heard of the Garrison tragedy. A mysterious fire. A family of five reduced to one. For people like Pearl Haskins—whose dad was the caretaker of the Garrison property when the house went up in flames—the whispers about that night are more than upsetting. They hurt. With her disgraced father now trying to find steady work in between booze benders, Pearl is stuck waiting tables at the town's country club where the rich townspeople come in the summer to flaunt their money and gossip about one another.
This year, a group of privileged boys has made a point of sitting in Pearl's section—throwing careless insults her way while also attempting to flirt. Though she's repulsed by everything they stand for, she's drawn to the quiet leader of the pack, Tristan—the last surviving Garrison. He wasn't home the night a blaze took his entire family, and the sadness coming off him in waves is hard to ignore. Befriending the summer boys might irk her to her core, but inside their fold of elite parties and reckless whims could be answers to what happened the night of the fire. And that's just what she finds.
Hidden beneath the glittering façade of wealth and luxury, Pearl discovers a dark and twisted web of lies and betrayals that, once untangled, will leave no life in Tenney's Harbor unchanged. That is…if it doesn't take Pearl's first.
My Review:
This book was a really fantastic read. I loved watching Pearl fall into the group of summer boys, to see their life of luxury, to infiltrate them, to find out what happened that winter night. I loved seeing the different dynamics between her and the boys!
I totally get Peral's instinct to investigate. Her father was blamed, and he's spiraled ever since. It did cause friction with her best friend, with whom she'd like to have more, but he has a girlfriend. And Pearl's in is basically dating one of the summer boys. So it's complicated, especially with Tristan being so enigmatic and compelling.
A big part of this book is that Pearl is a townie girl, and the boys are Summer boys, the rich kids that come there every summer to vacation. And I've read a book like that before (I really need to reread Tourist Trap by Emma Harrison) but that was a lighter book. This book has murder in it. So the stakes are higher. Though they both have the element of summer boys using townie girls.
A big part of this book is that Pearl is a townie girl, and the boys are Summer boys, the rich kids that come there every summer to vacation. And I've read a book like that before (I really need to reread Tourist Trap by Emma Harrison) but that was a lighter book. This book has murder in it. So the stakes are higher. Though they both have the element of summer boys using townie girls.
Man, I was not expecting that ending! I mean, there had been something charismatic and strange about him, but I didn't think that it would grow and become what it did! And on top of that, this isn't a happy ending regarding any romance, which was different, and I'm glad for that!
This was such a great read, and I enjoyed it so much!
Author: Gillian French
Read: November 25th, 2020
Source: Bought/Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2020 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: May 1st 2018
Author: Gillian French
Read: November 25th, 2020
Source: Bought/Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2020 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: May 1st 2018
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