Original Twin
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"I loved it." --Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling author. In this haunting tale about the bonds between sisters, one young woman must follow the invisible thread that connects her to her missing twin before someone else can sever it for good. Twin sisters May and June couldn't be more different. May is quiet, self-conscious, withdrawn; June is boisterous, beautiful, magnetic...and missing. It's been a year since June disappeared, a year of May waiting for her to turn up with an explanation of where she's been and why she left. But with the discovery of an old newspaper article comes a secret: their mother once vanished, too, on the same date when she was nineteen years old. Just like June. This was no coincidence. June was investigating this buried family mystery, and she left May a series of clues to pick up where she left off. Now, if May wants to find June, she'll have to retrace her footsteps through their mother's past. The more answers she digs up, the more questions May has. And the biggest one of all: When her sister's trail of breadcrumbs runs out, what or who will she find?
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I just finished listening to Original Twin by Paula Gleeson @paulagleesonauthor and here are my musings.
Twin sisters May and June are not only born one day apart and in different months... They couldn't be more different and when June goes missing, it's like a part of May is missing too. A year after her disappearance, her family decides to have a funeral for her.
May doesn't believe she is dead and when she finds a newspaper clipping of her mother going missing on the exact same day June did, it cannot be a coincidence.
May discovers June was investigating what happened to their mother all those years ago and has been leaving May clues to pick up the trail. The more May finds, the more questions she has and the ultimate question of who would hurt her mother and sister and is she going to be next?
Holy heck that was a wild ride. The concept was genius! The pace was on the slower side and had this one been more of a rollercoaster... It would easily have been the best thriller I read this year but while the twists were brilliant, the pacing was off so they didn't land as well as they could have but it still was a very good read.
You could really feel the difference between the twins with the narrator. They did an excellent job. I thought June writing letters to their dead mother was a clever way of getting an inside peek into her head. I didn't much care for any of the characters but I kinda liked that. I was more concerned with the mystery than liking people.
I felt the ending was well done, nothing left unanswered, I hate when there are still questions. Definitely worth the hype and as far as debuts go.... WOW!!
4 well earned stars. It was just the pace for me but I enjoyed it a heck of a lot.
Thank you to @netgalley and @brilliancepublishing for my gifted copy!
