Thank you to NetGalley for my free audio eARC! All opinions are my own.
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets...
Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences.
The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home.
Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn.
When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away...
Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences.
The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home.
Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn.
When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away...
Genre? Mystery
Backlist? No. This was published today! (February 2, 2021)
New to me Author? Yes
What did I think? I'm going to be completely honest with you, I was not super invested in this book. I blame that partly on the fact that I listened to the audio, so I will possibly go back at some point to read the actual book in print. I normally don't have issues with audiobooks so I can't say if that was my whole issue or not. I do know that the narrator did not use a lot of expression, which made it easier to space out.
I did enjoy hearing about Kieran and his girlfriend and baby. The relationships between the people in this novel were great. But the mystery of it all fell a little flat for me. I think the idea of looking back on the past and trying to figure out what happened is a great premise, but I just couldn't get into it.
Also, the ending was, in a way, both beautiful and yet also cliche. Like I said, I'll give it another chance in case my issue was the audio only. However, it's also definitely a slow burn type of novel, which may have also been my issue.
2.75 out of 5 stars.
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