Faultlines by Barbara Taylor Sissel

It’s the phone call every parent dreads: in the middle of the night, Sandy Cline learns that her twenty-year-old son, Jordan, has been in a car accident. Her nephew, Travis, was also in the car, along with Travis’s girlfriend. All three are alive—but barely. The car was smashed against a tree along a remote and winding road, beautiful but deadly, in their rural Texas Hill Country town.
In the wake of the car crash, the close-knit family is tested like never before. Jenna, Travis’s mother, blames Jordan—as well as her sister, Sandy—after reports surface that Jordan had been driving. As the young adults struggle to survive, tension between their parents escalates. But when trust is broken and a shocking family secret is exposed, it creates a perfect storm of harrowing consequences. Rumors in the small town spread like wildfire. When details of the accident are questioned, Sandy and Jenna wonder if their family has been destroyed beyond repair.
As always, there’s much more to the story…if the family is to survive, they will have to come together to confront the terrible truth and overcome their pain. But are some betrayals unforgivable?

Review: I was given an ARC of Faultlines from NetGalley for an honest review and this is my review.
This book was very well written on a very serious subject, drinking and driving. This book surrounds a young man, Jordy, who is accused of driving a car that is involved in an accident with two other passengers, his cousin Travis and another young lady. Jordy swears he was not driving but Travis does not make it, causing all kinds of problems between his mother and her sister when family secrets and revealed in retaliation and the young the lady is in a coma so she is unable to tell her side of the story. It does not help that the Jordy was at one point in the driver's seat and the head of the police is out to get him.
I am not going to get into the book much more for spoilers but I am going to say this book is emotionally packed. Jordy goes through a lot from finding out he is being charged for killing his cousin who was like a brother in the car accident to finding out the man who he believed was he father really is not. This book brings to light police corruption, underage drinking, not using your seatbelt and a few other subjects that may shock you. I loved how the author handled so many subjects and with such grace. This book was very good and really very thought-provoking.
I am giving Faultlines five out of five stars.