I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce Published by Tom Doherty Associates on April 21, 2020
Genres: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction, Gothic, Psychological, Thrillers
Pages: 224
Format: eARC
Source: the publisher
Goodreads
Novelist Cassandra Tipp has been known to be a bit eccentric. Now a recluse, she has gone missing. The only thing that remains is her fortune and one final manuscript.
The story told in these pages details what happened out there in the woods, those years ago. What led to her husband's death and the murder-suicide of her father and brother.
Reading the story won't come without consequences, however. If you want to seek the information required to obtain her fortune, you must be willing to pay the consequences.
When I started reading this book, I had no idea what I was getting into. The cover is dark and pretty ominous. The premise alludes to a dark and deadly past. A story within a story, which is to believed?
I have to admit, when I finished reading, I sat back and asked myself, “What did I just read!?” I allowed this story to percolate a bit in my mind before reading this and I’ve come to realize what I read was sheer brilliance. Honestly, I’ve never read anything like it.
I wanted someone to know, you see. To know my truth, now that I am gone.
How everything and none of it happened.
I hesitate to put too much in this review for I feel that readers should experience it first hand. Putting it to word, to print, without the context of the book, I fear, will shatter the experience. Ultimately, this is one of those novels that I feel people will love or hate, based on one’s ability to suspend disbelief and look at alternative, perhaps completely illogical, explanations.
This book still has me thinking about what really happened. Just when I think I’m on one side, I vacillate and switch to the other. A sign of a great read is one that leaves you thinking. This title certainly lives up to to that criteria. Highly recommended!
Warning: not for the squeamish!
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