Why else would she dare to sneak into a Malibu beach party where she’d be surrounded by enemies? Some people might say that Denver has a death wish. This is the second book I’ve read by Emily Hainsworth and it most certainly won’t be the last if she keeps writing this well. Hainsworth really did craft a surprising reveal but, either way, she got me and I’m impressed. I’m not sure if I was just being dense or if Ms. This doesn’t mean the author didn’t play fair far from it as it all makes total sense. There are motives aplenty but, in the end, the identity of the killer/attacker is unexpected and I have to admit I didn’t see it coming until about 3/4 of the way in. She’s surrounded by loving family but, as might be expected, that’s not enough and it may be that friends like Haley and Aisha, the boys in the group like Tyrone and Kip, even a belligerent former friend like Reva, will be the ones to help her recover. Sonia is a very likeable girl if far too impulsive and she matures in front of the reader’s eyes as she copes with the tragedy and the fear of who might still be out there wanting to do her harm. As time goes by, Sonia begins to acknowledge that, perhaps, Gretchen was not such a great friend but she also begins to have serious doubts about some of the people around her. Out of desperation to get back to as normal a life as possible, she returns to school and to the circle of friends who were actually better friends in past years. Tension rides high in this story as Sonia becomes more and more desperate to remember enough details of her attack to help find the killer. His arrest doesn’t lead to comfort, though, because he has an alibi and is released. Not long after, Gretchen’s body is found at the bottom of the falls and suspicion soon points to Gretchen’s former boyfriend, Marcus. who could it have been?įrom the moment Sonia stumbles out of Hidden Falls Park, battered and frightened nearly to death, her family and the local police are full of questions about what could have happened and then word spreads that her best friend, Gretchen, is missing. Could Marcus-the artist, the screw-up, the boy she might be falling for-have attacked her? Killed her best friend? And if it wasn’t him in the woods that night. But as Gretchen’s many secrets emerge and the suspects add up, Sonia feels less sure of Marcus’s involvement and more afraid for herself. So when Marcus comes to Sonia for help clearing his name, she agrees, hoping to find evidence the police need to prove he’s the killer. Could she have seen something that will lead the police to the killer?Īt the top of the list of suspects is Gretchen’s ex-boyfriend-and Sonia’s longtime enemy-Marcus Perez. Even as Sonia struggles with guilt and confusion over having survived, the whole town is looking to her for information. Beautiful, popular, and seemingly untouchable, Gretchen can’t be gone. Sonia was lucky to escape with her life, but Gretchen’s body is discovered at the bottom of a waterfall. Fear grips the residents of Hidden Falls the night Sonia Feldman and her best friend, Gretchen Meyer, are attacked in the woods.
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