Kate Karyus Quinn

A year after vanishing from a party, screaming and drenched in blood, seventeen-year-old Annaliese Rose Gordon appears hundreds of miles from home with no memory, but a haunting certainty that she is actually another girl trapped in Annaliese's body.

Another Little Piece

Monicap

2.75 stars

Several years ago, while talking about novel idea I had, someone mentioned that this book sounded quite similar.

Upon finally reading this book, I can see what they meant, however this book is far better than the one I was writing. By which I mean this book was much more focused and tighter.

Even with that said, though, ultimately I don't think this book is very memorable. I've read two books since this one and I'm already struggling to recall some of the details. I wish this book had gone a bit more ham on the magic–I don't understand how the lust spell worked, or what role the physician or brujas played, or how the end even happened? Or I wish this book had had a lighter touch on the magic–explained less of what was going on and just let it be, like Dex's visions or Jess's communication with the dead.

Actually, I think it's just the brujas that are confusing to me. I don't really understand what they did the year that Anna/Annaliese was missing, nor do I understand what they did after Anna (view spoiler)[took the body of the man (hide spoiler)]. I feel they stuck out by going both too explained while not at all explained if that makes sense.

While I enjoyed this book, I doubt I'll revisit it or remember it very well. A good way to spend some time, but ultimately forgettable.

Vesselina

The spine-tingling horror of Stephen King meets an eerie mystery worthy of Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series in Kate Karyus Quinn's haunting debut. On a cool autumn night, Annaliese Rose Gordon stumbled out of the woods and into a high school party. She was screaming. Drenched in blood. Then she vanished. A year later, Annaliese is found wandering down a road hundreds of miles away. She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know how she got there. She only knows one thing: She is not the real Annaliese Rose Gordon. Now Annaliese is haunted by strange visions and broken memories. Memories of a reckless, desperate wish . . . a bloody razor . . . and the faces of other girls who disappeared. Piece by piece, Annaliese's fractured memories come together to reveal a violent, endless cycle that she will never escape—unless she can unlock the twisted secrets of her past.

Another Little Piece

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