Kate Moretti

Haunted by her sister's disappearance, a troubled woman becomes consumed by past secrets in this gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Year. When Hannah Maloney's aunt dies in a car accident, she returns to her family's castle in the Catskills and the epicenter of a childhood trauma: her sister's unsolved disappearance. It's been seventeen years, and though desperate to start a new life with her fiancé, Hannah is compelled to question the events of her last summer at Brackenhill. When a human bone is found near the estate, Hannah is convinced it belongs to her long-lost sister. She launches her own investigation into that magical summer that ended in a nightmare. As strange happenings plague the castle, Hannah uncovers disturbing details about the past and startling realizations about her own repressed childhood memories. Fueled by guilt over her sister's vanishing, Hannah becomes obsessed with discovering what happened all those years ago, but by the time Hannah realizes some mysteries are best left buried, it's too late to stop digging. Overwhelmed by what she has exposed, Hannah isn't sure her new life can survive her old ghosts.

Girls of Brackenhill

Lacey Feigl

Hannah’s sister went missing seventeen years ago from their aunt and uncle’s estate ”Brackenhill”. When Hannah’s aunt dies in a mysterious car accident, Hannah is sent back to Brackenhill for the first time since her sister’s disappearance to make arrangements for the funeral. But by being back she is starting to remember the summer leading up to her sisters disappearance and Hannah’s obsession with finding out what really happened to her sister and aunt takes her over. She can feel that there is danger but she no longer cares. She needs to find out what happened to the women she loved.

The Girls of Brackenhill is 352 and took me four days to read.

This book is creepily atmospheric and will likely leave you feeling melancholic but in the best way! I’m giving this a 3.5 out of 5!

Thank you, Thomas & Mercer, for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

danielle bush

I enjoyed the setting of a castle in the Catskills. One that has a history of girls going missing. Hannah and her sister Julie visited their aunt and uncle at the castle for 5 summers before tragedy struck and Julie went missing.. Hannah never went back. When her aunt dies in a car accident she returns to Brackenhill to take care of her uncle and plan the funeral. While out for a walk her dog finds a human bone, and things start to spiral for Hannah from there.. Do the bones belong to her sister? Then she finds out her aunts accident might not have been an accident after all.. Now Hannah wants answers.. and she isn't leaving Brackenhill until she gets them.. 
While at Brackenhill Hannah begins sleepwalking, something she only does there. Weird things happen in the house and we are left to wonder if its actually haunted or if everyone that lives there jus eventually goes crazy. I was fully invested in figuring out this mystery with Hannah, I enjoyed the differnt timelines. One now, and one from the last summer Hannah and her sister spent at the castle. I did not see any of the twists coming. The last chapter left me feeling like things were unfinished, and that we were left with alot of questions. I wish more of the supernatural things were explored more, but I did overall like the book and would read more by this author.

I voluntarily read and reviewded an advanced copy of this book, all opions are my own

Heather Roden  

Blew me away, the ending was on point and it just blew me away, many twist and turns . This is a great book

Girls of Brackenhill

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