Unwept
Author: Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman
Publication Date: July 1st 2014
Publisher: Tor Books
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~
Gamin, Maine, is a remote seaside town where everyone seems to know Ellis Harkington better than she knows herself—but she doesn’t remember any of them.
Unknown events have robbed Ellis of her memory. Concerned individuals, who purport to be her friends and loved ones, insist that she simply needs to recuperate, that her memories may return in time, but refuse to divulge what has brought her to this state. For her own sake, so they say.
Ellis finds herself adrift in a town of ominous mysteries, cryptic hints, and disturbingly familiar strangers. The Nightbirds, a clique of fashionable young men and women, claim her as one of their own, but who among them can she truly trust? And what of the phantom suitor who visits her in her dreams? Is he a memory, a figment of her imagination, or a living nightmare beyond rational explanation?
Only her lost past hold the answers she seeks—if she can uncover its secrets before she fall prey to an unearthly killer
I've certainly have been reading a few mindfuck books
lately. But, they're the best kind, they keep you guessing, keep you reading,
keep you wondering what the hell is going on and Unwept is no exception. I was
so excited when I got approved for it because Tor Teen have published some of
my favourite books *cough* Kendare Blake *cough*
Starting with a brutal introduction Unwept takes you on
journey that has you following blindly, along with our main character Ellis,
who wakes up on a train with no memory of how she got there. Or anything else. Or
who she is. Or who anyone is. So when she arrived at this town called Gamin she
is utterly confused. So was I.
