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Book Review of Forgotten Boxes

Forgotten Boxes
Forgotten Boxes
Author: Becki Willis
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a bittersweet story about Charity Gannon, who inherits her aunt's estate, including a sad, old house in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. While cleaning the old house, Charity finds a man's suit of clothes with derided blood and a bullet hole. She also finds four boxes hidden away in an old shed. When she finds out they were undelivered packages from the defunct Kingdom Parcel Service, Charity stews until she decides to deliver them.

All the boxes had the date of March 14, 1984, which was the day of her uncle's death. She also found out that her uncle was supposed to have committed suicide. However, the clues don't add up to suicide. As Charity delves into the past, things get more dangerous.

This was an engaging story; however, the reader went overboard with Charity's voice, making her seem 17 years of age, not 28.