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Last Summer by Kerry Lonsdale
5.0
Synopsis:
This is the twisted story of Damien Russell and Ella Skye. While Damien runs his own private cybersecurity business, Ella is the Senior Features Writer of Luxe Avenue. She is trying to piece back her life after suffering from amnesia post an auto accident. An accident in which she had a miscarriage, whereas she doesn't even remember being pregnant. As her past unravels, she is in for the shock of her life.
Review:
More than Ella, I guess this book shocked me. Had it not been for what the author wrote in her acknowledgements, I almost lost a little faith in humanity. I read a book so full of suspense after a long time, and unwittingly this became my first psychological suspense. Suspense and Thrillers are my first love, and first love is always special!
The book starts with a prologue, an interview of Academy Award-winning actress Amira Silvers by Ella Skye. The date is 18 August 2018. Such an interesting and a different start to a story, which sets the pace for all that is to come. With the lost memories, there's a lot of going back and forth throughout the book but, it is done so deftly that it never once confuses you.
The story then starts in November 2018 with Ella waking up in a hospital. She is disoriented, with a splinted wrist and a gauze on her pelvis. And with no idea how she got there. Her loving husband seems to be angry with her for forgetting her pregnancy, hinting that she forgot everything deliberately, which doesn't make any sense. She is all the more surprised because when they married a few years back, Damien had made it clear that he didn't want any kids, opposite of what she wanted, but the fear of losing him made her keep quiet about her feelings.
The author's writing is so powerful and I'm in such awe that I can't wait to read her other works. The characters have been sketched exactly for them to smoothly achieve what they set their minds to. The title has its own place, as it is Ella who wants to find out what happened to her/with her, Last Summer.
Woah! I usually don't like reading stories where the lead characters cheat on their better halves with others, but this was something else. I thought of this as an amnesia story, and I love a good amnesiac romance, but this is more than that. So much deception. So much of hiding the truth. And of course, miscommunication, which is pretty standard in relationships. The author drops a bomb towards the end, just when you think that the story has ended. Shit! What mind-blowing premise and execution! I just don't know how to react to the 'you just hang in there' ending. I want to know what happens after that, though in a self-deprecating way I know that it will ruin it. Too much information!
This is a story which I would recommend for a read and a re-read!
P.S. This is my first read by the author Kerry Lonsdale. When I saw this book on one of my bookstagrammer friend Mridula's Insta Stories, I couldn't help but request for an e-copy. And later we agreed that it is indeed a very powerful story, more than mere suspense.
Thank you to the author - [a:Kerry Lonsdale|14257762|Kerry Lonsdale|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1532891656p2/14257762.jpg], the publisher - Lake Union Publishing and Netgalley for this review copy.
Originally posted on:
https://sassyshaina.wordpress.com/2019/08/17/last-summer-by-kerry-lonsdale/
This is the twisted story of Damien Russell and Ella Skye. While Damien runs his own private cybersecurity business, Ella is the Senior Features Writer of Luxe Avenue. She is trying to piece back her life after suffering from amnesia post an auto accident. An accident in which she had a miscarriage, whereas she doesn't even remember being pregnant. As her past unravels, she is in for the shock of her life.
Review:
More than Ella, I guess this book shocked me. Had it not been for what the author wrote in her acknowledgements, I almost lost a little faith in humanity. I read a book so full of suspense after a long time, and unwittingly this became my first psychological suspense. Suspense and Thrillers are my first love, and first love is always special!
The book starts with a prologue, an interview of Academy Award-winning actress Amira Silvers by Ella Skye. The date is 18 August 2018. Such an interesting and a different start to a story, which sets the pace for all that is to come. With the lost memories, there's a lot of going back and forth throughout the book but, it is done so deftly that it never once confuses you.
The story then starts in November 2018 with Ella waking up in a hospital. She is disoriented, with a splinted wrist and a gauze on her pelvis. And with no idea how she got there. Her loving husband seems to be angry with her for forgetting her pregnancy, hinting that she forgot everything deliberately, which doesn't make any sense. She is all the more surprised because when they married a few years back, Damien had made it clear that he didn't want any kids, opposite of what she wanted, but the fear of losing him made her keep quiet about her feelings.
The author's writing is so powerful and I'm in such awe that I can't wait to read her other works. The characters have been sketched exactly for them to smoothly achieve what they set their minds to. The title has its own place, as it is Ella who wants to find out what happened to her/with her, Last Summer.
Woah! I usually don't like reading stories where the lead characters cheat on their better halves with others, but this was something else. I thought of this as an amnesia story, and I love a good amnesiac romance, but this is more than that. So much deception. So much of hiding the truth. And of course, miscommunication, which is pretty standard in relationships. The author drops a bomb towards the end, just when you think that the story has ended. Shit! What mind-blowing premise and execution! I just don't know how to react to the 'you just hang in there' ending. I want to know what happens after that, though in a self-deprecating way I know that it will ruin it. Too much information!
This is a story which I would recommend for a read and a re-read!
P.S. This is my first read by the author Kerry Lonsdale. When I saw this book on one of my bookstagrammer friend Mridula's Insta Stories, I couldn't help but request for an e-copy. And later we agreed that it is indeed a very powerful story, more than mere suspense.
Thank you to the author - [a:Kerry Lonsdale|14257762|Kerry Lonsdale|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1532891656p2/14257762.jpg], the publisher - Lake Union Publishing and Netgalley for this review copy.
Originally posted on:
https://sassyshaina.wordpress.com/2019/08/17/last-summer-by-kerry-lonsdale/