I have a gardener’s inherent belief in the natural order of things. Soft‑petalled flowers that go to seed. The resolute passage of the seasons. Swallows that fly thousands of miles to follow the eternal summer.
Children who don’t die before their parents.
When Kate receives a phone call with news that Rosie Anderson is missing, she’s stunned and disturbed. Rosie is eighteen, the same age as Kate’s daughter, and a beautiful, quiet, and kind young woman. Though the locals are optimistic—girls like Rosie don’t get into real trouble—Kate’s sense of foreboding is confirmed when Rosie is found fatally beaten and stabbed.
Who would kill the perfect daughter, from the perfect family? Yet the more Kate entwines herself with the Andersons—graceful mother Jo, renowned journalist father Neal, watchful younger sister Delphine—the more she is convinced that not everything is as it seems. Anonymous notes arrive, urging Kate to unravel the tangled threads of Rosie’s life and death, though she has no idea where they will lead.
Weaving flashbacks from Rosie’s perspective into a tautly plotted narrative, The Bones of You is a gripping, haunting novel of sacrifices and lies, desperation and love.
Review: I was given an ARC of The Bones of You from NetGallery for an honest review. This is the review.
I am so lost about what to say about this book and where to go with this review. I will not give out spoilers so don't expect much on the content because if I go into the plot very far I will end up giving a spoiler so this will be a general review so I don't spoil the book for the next reader.
So here goes. I had a bit of a problem with the writing style for this book because I found it a bit choppy. There were places that for me had unnatural jumps that had me lost for a brief moment and I wish that the entire book flowed naturally. But that it just something that personally bothers me and may not get on the next person's nerves.
As for the plot I loved it and hated it. I had mixed emotions about it. Sometimes I enjoyed reading Rosie's (the victims) point of view from "the other side" other times I found her information absolutely worthless and would have liked to have know more about the crime or something that she realistically would have known. The rest of the plot was well thought out and even though I figured out who the killer was I loved how the story was put together to try to keep the reader guessing.
I would like to give this book a 3.5 star rating but that is not an option and a three is too low so I am going go with four out of five stars for this book just based on how well the plot was.
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