This one started out strong, but devolved in the final third into a series of eye-rolling coincidences, implausible choices, and tropes that left me unsatisfied… The setup was intriguing. I wasn’t expecting a life-changing experience, but things were engaging and suspenseful and I was curious where the author was going. Then the revelations started and it felt like a series of unbelievables thrown against the page to see what stuck. I can’t exactly pinpoint when it started to fall apart, but it was well past the point where I felt like I *had* to see it through, so kept reading just to see what the author was doing. It felt rushed and thrown together in a way that belied the more careful crafting of the mystery of Angela, and ultimately lost me (and stars) as a result… Still, I can’t say it was “bad” – I really did enjoy most of it, just found the answers unsatisfying in the final wrap up. If you don’t mind a little schlock (and honestly, in a book about twins, you almost have to expect SOME), and can suspend disbelief mightily, it’s not a bad read – just not the more engaging one it started out as…
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my review copy.
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