About the book:
Alicen McCaffrey finally has the life her mother always dreamed for her: beautiful home in Santa Monica, successful husband, adorable daughter. Then tragedy blows her carefully assembled facade to pieces. Worse yet--Alicen feels solely responsible. At rock bottom, she decides to accompany a childhood friend back to Red Lodge, Montana, where they spent summers together as kids.The peaceful mountain landscape, accented with lush forests and small-town charm, brings back happy memories of time spent with her beloved, eccentric Grandma Josephine. Alicen begins to hope that perhaps things could be different here. Perhaps the oppressive guilt will lift--if only for a moment.
But when Alicen starts hearing voices and seeing mysterious figures near the river in the woods, she begins to fear she's completely lost her sanity, as it's rumored her grandmother did. Or might there be more to Red Lodge than meets the eye? Could the voices and visions be real--and her only means of finding the healing she so desperately needs? Or will they prove to be her final undoing?
The oldest daughter of "New York Times" bestselling author Ted Dekker, Rachelle Dekker was inspired early on to discover truth through storytelling. She graduated with a degree in communications and spent several years in marketing and corporate recruiting before making the transition to write full time. She lives in Nashville with her husband, Daniel, and their diva cat Blair. Visit her online at www.rachelledekker.com.
My Thoughts:
This is one of my least favorite things to do, write a review for a book I just couldn't finish. When I was working on my Top Ten Tuesday post for tomorrow, I thought of this book because it falls in the spooky theme of my post and realized I hadn't reviewed it. I was definitely avoiding it.
The moment I saw the cover I wanted to read it. Being a huge fan of her father, Ted Dekker's writing, and the book having a super-natural theme made the book a must read for me.
I stopped reading a few chapters after the tragedy happened. For me there were too many signs that it was going to happen, and I had a hard time getting back into the book at that point.
Even though I didn't read all of it, Ms. Dekker's descriptive prose brings you right into the emotions of the story.
Please do not go on my take only. Several other readers have read and loved the book. And this reader is going to give it another try.
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