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Book Review of The Silence

The Silence
The Silence
Author: Luca Veste
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This book started out as very interesting to me and I am close to the same age as the characters in this book, so I could feel myself there at the concert with them, enjoying me some 90's music. What fun that would have been, until it was not...

A group of 6 friends then spend the weekend camping out at this music festival. Something scary and tragic happens that leaves the group not talking to one another. They are not given a choice when something happens to one of their own and they must face their demons after a year of being apart and not talking much.

Then the red candles keep showing up at all of their houses, and the lead character Matt swears it is the Candle Man, a local legendary serial killer who has been known to leave these as his trademark after he kills, so the level of excitement builds as each one is left wondering who is next. From here, it takes on an undeniable "I Know What You Did Last Summer" vibe.

I won't ruin it by solving this mystery for you, but the ending was absolutely perfect and left off where there could be another sequel to this book. I cannot wait to find out!