Disturbed
This was one twisted novel. I wanted to believe one person was the culprit but it just seemed too perfect but yet I couldn’t figure why or who else it could be. Then, when it was being revealed to me, I saw what I had been missing, I couldn’t believe it, seriously?! I was along for the ride on that one.
The novel starts with a brutal killing. Two college girls killed and one left for dead, with a hand-written message on the bathroom mirror. Fast-forward to now, almost five years later and Chelsea is still reliving the nightmare. Chelsea has lost most of her memories but the memories of that night, the night she was found in the bathtub are still vivid. When Chelsea returns from her morning run, she swears she saw Ethan outside her apartment. Calming Chelsea down, Elizabeth reminds her best friend that this typically happens after a night that she has her recurring nightmare of the night that she almost died. Ethan was there the night of the slaying, Ethan and Boyd, two boys she hasn’t seen since the night that turned her life around.
Amazingly, Chelsea runs into Boyd a few days later and they immediately hit it off. They decide to meet for dinner and I immediately want to run into the restaurant and throw water on both of them. Put the brakes on it, people! They are falling for each other like magnets. Chelsea gets a note on her car windshield and it corresponds to the night of the murders. Boyd shows up, she gets a note, is this a coincidence? Chelsea sees Ethan and Boyd together in the same week, another coincidence? I am undecided about Boyd as why are they madly falling for each other and why all of a sudden does she get a note? More dates and again, she gets another note that sounds like it came from the killer. Boyd? Boyd and Ethan? Hello?? Elizabeth tries to be her best friend and also tries to give her sound advice but Chelsea has her mind set already. Boyd acts like he knows nothing about the notes and the police are checking out all the alibies. Too much innocence and not enough gaps, who is playing this game and why?
I received a copy of this novel from NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer in exchange for an honest review.
