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Lia Peartree is haunted—by memories, by her past, by secrets, by the ones she left behind. Five years ago, the Peartrees fled their home—the infamous ancestral Brier Hall—and never looked back. But her oldest sister went missing that night, and there's been no sign of her since.
In the aftermath, the Peartrees are traumatized and get by however they can. Lia's remaining sister Ali says yes to any bad idea, and Lia tries so desperately to be the perfect daughter that it's tearing her apart. But as the five year anniversary of the night they left nears, Lia begins seeing her missing sister everywhere, and memories of Brier Hall won't leave her alone.
When Ali disappears with no warning except a cryptic phone call—"don't follow me when I'm gone"—Lia is sure she's gone back to Brier Hall. Lia must go home one final time and face what haunts her in an effort to find her sisters and uncover the truth of her past.
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Release date
August 21, 2024 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9798855565836
- File size: 228099 KB
- Duration: 07:55:12
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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May 13, 2024
Five years ago, Lia Peartree and her family fled from their home, Brier Hall, after enduring months of escalating paranormal activity and psychological terror. In the ensuing chaos, her older sister Avery vanished without a trace. Now 18, Lia feels burdened by the time she’s spent contending with whispered rumors and dead-end investigations regarding Avery’s whereabouts, as well as by her complicated relationship with her other older sister Ali, who is navigating substance dependency. When Ali returns to Brier Hall in a last-ditch effort to find Avery, Lia follows, refusing to lose a second sister. Reconnecting with her childhood best friend and crush, 18-year-old Rafferty Pierce, Lia sets out to save Ali and, in confronting the house that destroyed her family, discovers that the past is not quite as buried as it seems. Strychacz (Starling) wields poetic prose to weave an atmosphere of creeping horror throughout the alternating first-person-present introspection and second-person flashback chapters. While characters are unevenly developed and some scares fail to land, Strychacz delivers a solid gothic horror that explores the lingering effects of trauma and the lasting power of family bonds. The Peartrees and Raff cue as white. Ages 12–up. Agent: Taylor Martindale Kean, Full Circle Literary.
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