Reviewed by -- Maegan
Schaefer
Note - by a former
blog reviewer - the team has been retired, but still have reviews of theirs to
share.
Book Review of --
The Art of Going Home
by Nicole Sorrell
Overall star rating
--- 4
About the book:
Maddie dreads going
home to face memories of her twin, who was murdered at the age of ten. But she
must return to the tiny town after a decade to attend a funeral. As it turns
out, the haunting reminders of her sister are the least of her worries...
Not given details of
the drowning at age ten, Maddie reluctantly agrees to solve the mystery and
track down the killer. Digging into her past causes long suppressed childhood
memories to come crashing forward, and she begins to doubt everything she once believed.
And everybody she thought she could trust.
Including Zac, her
high school crush. Though she can't find the strength to end their romance,
Maddie isn't sure she can forgive his betrayal. As she struggles to come to
grips with her family's past and accept the compassion of those who love her,
will the horrifying discovery of who killed her sister heal old wounds... or
scar her forever?
Book creation ratings
Overall total, out of
30 -- 28
-- Story &
characters -- 10
-- Cover & title
-- 10
-- Editing &
formatting -- 8
* based on a 1-10
scale with: 1-4, poor; 5-7, good; 8-10,
very good.*
The review --
The book was
beautifully written. The characters were very well developed and the settings
were wonderfully described. The storyline on the other hand just was not my cup
of tea. This book is about a girl finally going home after ten years away, with
limited contact with those from her old town. Throughout the book, Maddie goes
through a thrill wind of issues and emotions to finally fix issues that were
long overdue for fixing. There
is more descriptive sex in this book than I care to read, so being honest, I
just skimmed over those pages.
Reader Recommendations
Genre -- Mystery
Age recommendations --
18+
Sex content rating -- Hot
to steamy
Violence rating -- Mild
** The author's links
**
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