Haunted by her parents’ recent, tragic death.Senior year was supposed to be great, that’s what Ember’s friend Maddie promised at the beginning of the year.Instead, Ember Trouvé spends the year drifting in and out of life like a ghost. ˃˃˃ At home, she pores over her secret obsession.Pictures of missing kids from newspaper articles, from grocery store flyers that she’s glued inside a spiral … articles, from grocery store flyers that she’s glued inside a spiral notebook. Like her, the people are lost. Like her, she discovers, they had been looking for a way to numb their pain when they disappeared.
˃˃˃ Something isn’t right.
Ember finds herself in Trinity Forest one day, a place locals stay away from at all costs, she befriends a group of teenagers who are out camping. Hanging out with them in the forest tainted with urban legends of witchcraft and strange disappearances, she has more fun than she can remember having.
˃˃˃ Will Ember confront the truth behind her parents’ death, or stay blissfully numb and lose herself to the forest forever?
The candy-covered wickedness she finds in Trinity proves to be a great escape, until she discovers she can never go home.
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So this was one of those books that I found myself thinking about during the times when I wasn’t able to listen to it. If life hadn’t gotten in the way, I would’ve easily binged this in one setting, it was that addicting.
Ember’s life hasn’t been the same since she lost her parents. Living with her grandmother, her life is lackluster, and she searches for anything that can make her feel alive again. She’s desperate for a place to belong. So when she finds a seemingly perfect group of friends in the forbidden Trinity Forest, she ignores her gut instinct to run away and follows them. As the saying goes, if something seems too good to be true, it usually is. There’s something wrong in the forest, and only too late does Ember realize it.
Ember was so real, I felt as if the author had merely written down her observations of someone. From the slow withdrawal of the world around her to her desperate need to find a place where she belonged, Ember was probably one of the most vividly created characters I’ve ever seen in a piece of fiction. From the very beginning of the story I found myself connecting to her and rooting for her. She’s not the only well-fleshed out character. Every person in the story has a unique personality.
The worldbuilding and plot were the icing on the already phenomenal cake. There was a lot of supernatural elements in the story, and at first, I was a little confused because there was a lot to it. At the end though, things got much clearer, and I loved the fresh angle the author took on the occult.
Narration was refreshing and beautifully done, giving the perfect amount of drama to the story. Words were easy to understand, and the cadence was smooth.
I will definitely be checking out the next book in the series.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
The headline “Would you sacrifice your future to forget your past?”, drew me in initially. The beginning of the book was a little confusing on how it immediately jumped into Trinity Forest without any leadup, but the rest of the book transitioned smoothly. Parts of the book reminded me of the Maze Runner series and other parts had me thinking of Lord of the Flies. The Egyptian mythology found throughout the story and the inclusion of synesthesia was intriguing and added to the mystery. Though I was most likely expecting the ending I was partially shocked at it, making me immediately want to read to next book.
I was a little confused near the beginning of the book, because Ember was just suddenly in Trinity Forest, with no real lead up. I was alternating between the audiobook and the ebook, so I checked the ebook to see if maybe there was an error in the audiobook, but there wasn’t. the remainder of the book flowed more smoothly. The characters were enjoyable, because they were consistent. The obnoxious characters stayed obnoxious, the bad guys stayed bad, but the reader still got little glimpses of who they were before “Trinity got to them”. Ember and her love interest are believable as a couple. Ember is fairly likable as a main character though her repeated use of the terms “elephant on my chest” and “color crayon brain” can be taxing and she can be whiny. I like her tenacity and stubborness. The end of the book appealed to me, because it made sense, considering what Ember had been through. I look forward to reading the next book.
The narrator, Moira Todd, did an admirable job of differentiating between the different characters. She also has a very nice singing voice.