Can't Wait Wednesday, which I have adapted to better suit my blog as "Feed Your TBR" is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings to spotlight highly anticipated books. It is based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme which used to be hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
FROM GOODREADS: In 1998, desperate loneliness pushes preteen Amber to ignore the misgivings of her family, particularly her younger sister, when she befriends the troubled new kid in the neighborhood—a boy with dead eyes, a fascination with fire, and no remorse. Their turbulent relationship is brief but creates lasting consequences.
Twenty-two years later, in 2020, he resurfaces to kill Amber’s parents and is in turn betrayed by his accomplice and killed in Amber's childhood home.
After the deaths, Amber inherits the house and, in an effort to save money, moves in with her husband and two children, hoping to reclaim some sense of stability in the grief and chaos surrounding her. Instead, she finds that the familiar walls are haunted by more than just bitter memories and lockdown stress. She shifts in and out of dreamlike trances, her reflection won’t blink, and a menacing voice whispers to her from the gathering shadows. Although she tried to brush off the strange happenings as stress-fueled hallucinations, Amber is soon forced to admit that something much more real—and more dangerous—haunts her family. But Amber has deadly secrets of her own, and she must resolve these long-buried truths or lose the life she’s contrived for herself.
Twenty-two years later, in 2020, he resurfaces to kill Amber’s parents and is in turn betrayed by his accomplice and killed in Amber's childhood home.
After the deaths, Amber inherits the house and, in an effort to save money, moves in with her husband and two children, hoping to reclaim some sense of stability in the grief and chaos surrounding her. Instead, she finds that the familiar walls are haunted by more than just bitter memories and lockdown stress. She shifts in and out of dreamlike trances, her reflection won’t blink, and a menacing voice whispers to her from the gathering shadows. Although she tried to brush off the strange happenings as stress-fueled hallucinations, Amber is soon forced to admit that something much more real—and more dangerous—haunts her family. But Amber has deadly secrets of her own, and she must resolve these long-buried truths or lose the life she’s contrived for herself.
WHY I CAN'T WAIT: This popped up on my feed this morning and I really enjoyed The Cut, which I read earlier this year and am anxious to give the author another go. I love haunted house tales, but it is a really LONG wait.
WHAT BOOK CAN'T YOU WAIT FOR THIS WEEK????
It does sound like a good haunted house story. Hope you enjoy it when you get to read it! I'm waiting on Remember Where You've Buried the Bodies by Julie Lancaster.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good one. I hope you have a chance to read it.
ReplyDeleteThat is a long wait! Hopefully you can get approved for a galley and read it sooner. ☺️
ReplyDeleteIt's not coming out 'til next April? That is a long wait.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so good, and that cover is awesome! Hope you enjoy it! :)
ReplyDeleteJust added this to my TBR, it sounds really good! I haven't read The Cut yet but it's on my list too.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds pretty creepy! And that cover is great! Hope you enjoy it when you get the chance to read it.
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