Description
Drowning in déjà vu...
Who is Casey Rhodes? Is she a no-nonsense realist or a hopeless romantic? A just-getting-by scholarship student or a sometimes-Cinderella dating the cool, cultured heir to a media empire and New York City’s most eligible? At seventeen years old and already in her sophomore year at NYU, Casey sheds disguises effortlessly. It’s how she navigates school and avoids the second-guessing that’s plagued her since she and her boyfriend Marcus got together.
But then Casey starts hearing voices that terrify her so badly she flees to the remote beach town of Avon Shores where she can sort through her thoughts and reset. But the voices only get more intense and are now accompanied by visions of places she’s never been and people she’s never met, like Jake who’s lived in Avon Shores his whole life. There’s no way Casey could know him, yet she feels an immediate connection. And, crazier still: he feels it too. Together they search for answers, finding only questions — about their connection, Avon Shores, Casey’s memories...And whose voice is she hearing inside her head?
Review
Casey has always felt like she was wearing a disguise, like she's always out of place. Casey is super intelligent and is already in second year university, despite being only 17 years old. So when she finds herself dating Marcus - who isn't just social media famous (although he is definitely is that too), but also real world, super-rich, media empire heir famous - and Casey is suddenly surrounded by New York's elite, it's just another disguise for her to wear.
When she starts hearing voices - terrifying voices - that make her feel like she's seeing awful things that have never happened to her, Casey doesn't know what to do, so she runs. She flees the city and finds herself in a quiet beach town called Avon Shores, in the middle of winter. But the voices and the visions only get worse and more realistic - and she's sure she has been to Avon Shores before, and certain that she's met Jake, a boy who has lived in the quiet town his whole life, before too.
But what are the visions she is seeing? Whose memories are they? And are they even real? Or are they just a way for Casey's brain to protect her from the trauma of her mother's death many years before?
As Casey is drawn into an increasingly complicated web, she must figure out what is real and what isn't, before something terrible happens...
From bestselling author Sara Shepherd (author of Pretty Little Liars), this is a thrilling past-lives mystery story about true love, who you really are, the impact of trauma, the importance of memories, and the consequences that one night that can weave across time and generations. A great read for those who enjoy a romantic thriller, and best suited to those in middle to upper secondary.
Reviewed by Kate
