To the rest of the world, he was the little boy who went missing on the Fourth of July.
To me, he was everything.
My heart hasn't been the same since he disappeared, but I've learned to build my life around that missing piece.
Twenty-two years later, the last thing I expect is for that missing piece to come back.
His name is Oliver Lynch, and this is his story.
This is our story.
Ok, this isn't entirely my fault; this was listed as a YA book when I received it, but it's very much a New Adult, and NA and I don't tend to get on very well as a genre. Still, I decided to try and give it a fair read and see how I liked it.
The answer; not much. Oh, it's perfectly well written, and the topic is one that really interests me - I love cult narratives, and this is a form of that - but it didn't feel like Jennifer had actually thought about how Oliver would be affected. Twenty two years, mostly alone in a small space, and he came out jacked and loquacious and only occasionally socially awkward?
The threads of what happened why by who and how they were unraveled were well thought out and we got the right amount of information at the right speed; the descriptions were great and the characters felt real, other than Oliver. Being a NA book, I did skim a few bits, so be aware of that. I think the right reader will really enjoy this; it just sadly isn't me.
Lotus publishes on the 5th of September, 2023, in both the UK (top image) and the US (lower image). I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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