Pat D. (pat0814) reviewed on 11/16/2016 + 379 more book reviews

This is not a book for everyone. I was blindsided by the incest/pedophilia dominance in this unsettling book. It is told in first-person narrative by Lane Roanoke, one of the "Roanoke Girls," in alternating time frames. The lack of consequences for the criminal perpetrator was unconscionable. This was a polished sex offender who skillfully groomed children with the knowledge and tacit consent of his complicit spouse. The mystery of what happened to one of the Roanoke girls is eventually solved, and murder is added to the list of horrors in this book. Amy Engel writes well. I hope that she uses this skill in the future to write a novel with significance and worth.

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