Spring Reading Challenge 2018: The Neighbors by Hannah Mary McKinnon (Chrissy’s review)

 

The Neighbors
written by Hannah Mary McKinnon
published by Mira Books, 2018

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Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Did I enjoy this book? I really did. This book kept me reading every free chance I had.

The Neighbors is told from four different characters’ points of view and different time periods. I really liked how the author wove these POVs and times together. It really worked. And the story will keep you guessing. There were a few times when I thought I had figured out the end, but something would happen that made me wonder if I was right. And even when I was right, I was still surprised when it was revealed. Obviously, I can’t give anything away, and I won’t, but I will say this . . . it was a roller coaster of a story for me.

Would I recommend it? I would! It’s a great page turner.

About the book – from Goodreads: In 1992, a car accident kills a young man and forever changes the lives of three people… Now, twenty years later, they’ll all come to regret the choices they made that day, as the secrets and lies they’ve told to protect each other become the very things that tear their lives apart.

After a night of fun, Abby was responsible for the car crash that killed her beloved brother. It is a sin she can never forgive herself for, so she pushes away the man she loves most, knowing that he would eventually hate her for what she’s done, the same way she hates herself.

Twenty years later, Abby’s husband, Nate, is also living with a deep sense of guilt. He was the driver who first came upon the scene of Abby’s accident, the man who pulled her to safety before the car erupted in flames, the man who could not save her brother in time. It’s this guilt, this regret that binds them together. They understand each other. Or so Nate believes.

In a strange twist of fate, Liam (her old lover—possibly her true soulmate) moves in with his own family next door, releasing a flood of memories that Abby has been trying to keep buried all these years. Abby and Liam, in a complicit agreement, pretend never to have met, yet cannot resist the pull of the past—nor the repercussions of the dark secrets they’ve both been carrying…

 

 

 

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