Week 19 Review: The Return of Ellie Black

From Goodreads:

Detective Chelsey Calhoun's life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods of Washington state—but Ellie's reappearance leaves Chelsey with more questions than answers.

"I stayed up late into the night turning the pages until I learned the truth of what happened to Ellie—and gasped when Jean delivered a truly jaw-dropping twist." —Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women

It's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun's sister vanished when they were teenagers, and ever since she's been searching: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. But happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work.

Then a glimmer: local teenager Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace two years earlier, has been found alive in the woods of Washington State.

But something is not right with Ellie. She won't say where she's been, or who she's protecting, and it's up to Chelsey to find the answers. She needs to get to the bottom of what happened to Ellie: for herself, and for the memory of her sister, but mostly for the next girl who could be taken—and who, unlike Ellie, might never return.

The debut thriller from New York Times bestselling author Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black is both a feminist tour de force about the embers of hope that burn in the aftermath of tragedy and a twisty page-turner that will shock and surprise you right up until the final page.

My Review:
I had such a great time reading this book! I've read Emiko Jean's YA books, and I was looking forward to this book, the mystery sounded really good, and it was, I had such a great time watching everything come to light!

Ellie Black was found after missing for 2 years-but she is about the opposite from unscathed as you can be, she's been hurt is so many ways. I really wanted Chelsey and her fellow cops to catch whoever did that to her and put them away, because they truly didn't deserve to be walking free. We got Ellie's perspective and it was honestly pretty hard to read that suffering. 

The question in the back of my mind was, was Chelsey's sister's situation have anything to do with Ellie's? I was pretty sure it wasn't, that what happened to her sister is why Chelsey does what she does. But it is a book, and it was mentioned, so I was wondering about that. Oh, where the story went with that? That was stakes, that was consequences. 

This was such a compelling read, and I wanted to know what was going to happen next in the mystery, there was a lot going on. That twist? Yeah, that was shocking and thrilling, and I loved what it added to the story, and where we left these characters! 

This was such a great read and I can't wait to read more by Emiko Jean! 

Author: Emiko Jean
Read: May 9th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: May 7th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars