Synopsis:
Twenty-one year-old Maddie Asherford is haunted by a past she can’t remember. When she was fifteen years old, there was a tragic accident and she was left with amnesia. In the aftermath, Maddie’s left struggling with who she is—the forgotten girl she was six years ago or the Maddie she is now. Sometimes it even feels like she might be two different people completely—the good Maddie and the bad one.
Good Maddie goes to therapy, spends time with her family, and works on healing herself. Bad Maddie rebels and has dark thoughts of hurting people and sometimes even killing them.
Maddie manages to keep her twisted thoughts hidden for the most part. That is until she starts having blackouts. Each time she wakes up from one, she’s near a murder scene with no recollection of what happened the night before and this helpless feeling like she’s losing control of her life. Maddie doesn’t want to believe she’s a killer, but she begins to question who she really was in her past. If she was bad Maddie all along and that maybe she was a killer.
Wow, just WOW! I'm not usually one for dark reads but this one just captivated me and I couldn't stop reading! I had to put it down a few times to accomplish motherly duties, but I could not get it out of my head! Jessica Sorensen strikes again with her flawless writing and a unique story! This is a standalone novel that will keep you guessing until the very end.
From page one you will be hooked with Maddie's story as she tries to cope with the life everyone tells her she had. Maddie wakes up in the rain after being hit by a car at 15 but cannot remember anything about herself. Six years go by and she goes day-to-day living how everyone says she should and did. A mother who says she was the perfect daughter and a therapist who tries to get inside her head. Maddie keeps many secrets, including the girl in her harped that she tries to keep back and away from everyone. Lily is the bad one, and Madiie doesn't want to give her control because she is unpredictable. Everyday she fights to keep control of herself but it's hard when she has such dark thoughts all the time.
Maddie starts learning that secrets have been kept and people around her have been lying and holding back. She starts having blackouts and awaking to dead bodies. She has no one to blame but Lily, which means she, Maddie, is a killer. More and more secrets arise and truth comes to light as Maddie starts having glimpses into her past, her very dark past.
The story is VERY well written and pieces come together just as they should. Th events that happen will hit you like a whip! You know something is going on but when the truth comes out I SO did not see it coming. Amazing read!!!!
Rating: 5 stars!!
Cheers!
Excerpt:
“I’m afraid,” I admit aloud and shudder at the truth. Because of not necessarily afraid of the danger the crying could lead to, but how much I like that it could. My thoughts drift to what the crying could be. Someone hurt? Someone upset? Someone locked up who I could hurt?
“What the fuck is wrong with me?” I ask as the last thought streams through my head. I start to back away, tugging at my hair, but invisible strings tug me forward, toward the crying. At this moment, I’m a puppet and Lily is my puppeteer and suddenly she’s in front of me, taking my hand and tugging me down the bare hallway. She leads through the stale air until we reach the end where there’s a single shut door. Light is slipping through the cracks underneath and cries are flowing from the outside. Pain. Whoever’s in there is hurting.
“I don’t want to see,” I whisper in horror as my trembling hand reaches for the doorknob.
“You need to see,” Lily insists.
My fingers brush the brass knob. A jolt of heat shoots up my arm as I turn it and push it open. Light spills over me. Screams pierce my ears. Something flies at me that’s heavy and strong.Pain. Heat. Tears. Blood. My insides feel like they’re ripping out of my body.
Fire!
Fire!
Fire!
Burning!
Burning!
Burning!
Help me!
Help me!
Help me!
“You killed me.”
Author Bio:
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jessica Sorensen, lives in the snowy mountains of Wyoming. When she's not writing, she spends her time reading and hanging out with her family.
Website http://www.jessicasorensen.com
twitter username jessFallenStar
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