Robin Windsor has spent most of her life under an assumed name, running from her family's ignominious past. She thought she'd finally found sanctuary in her rather unremarkable used bookstore just up the street from the marina in River City, Michigan. But the store is struggling and the past is hot on her heels.
When she receives an eerily familiar book in the mail on the morning of her father's scheduled execution, Robin is thrown back to the long-lost summer she met Peter Flynt, the perfect boy who ruined everything. That book--a first edition Catcher in the Rye--is soon followed by the other books she shared with Peter nearly twenty years ago, with one arriving in the mail each day. But why would Peter be making contact after all these years? And why does she have a sinking feeling that she's about to be exposed all over again?
With evocative prose that recalls the classic novels we love, Erin Bartels pens a story that shows that words--the ones we say, the ones we read, and the ones we write--have more power than we imagine.
When she receives an eerily familiar book in the mail on the morning of her father's scheduled execution, Robin is thrown back to the long-lost summer she met Peter Flynt, the perfect boy who ruined everything. That book--a first edition Catcher in the Rye--is soon followed by the other books she shared with Peter nearly twenty years ago, with one arriving in the mail each day. But why would Peter be making contact after all these years? And why does she have a sinking feeling that she's about to be exposed all over again?
With evocative prose that recalls the classic novels we love, Erin Bartels pens a story that shows that words--the ones we say, the ones we read, and the ones we write--have more power than we imagine.
My Rating: 2.5 Stars (rounded up to 3 on Goodreads)
This was a very unusual read. This is my first read by Erin Bartels and and it put me in a mind of an author I grew up reading-Judy Blume. I enjoyed the dual time aspect of the novel and thought it was very well written. The cover is definitely eye-catching and will make my list of favorite 2019 covers. The story moved well and kept me intrigued and invested. I loved the book store and the bookish aspects. It’s a little heavier then I was anticipating and I do wish that certain aspects had been more tied up. An Epilogue would have been nice. All in all, an interesting read and I liked it enough, that I will read more from this author.
I received this book from RevellReads and was not required to post a positive review. All thoughts are my own.
