Paperback, 384
pages
Published July 16th
2019 by Berkley Books
Critically acclaimed author Alex Dahl explores how love can turn
darkly sinister when a desperate mother looks to reconnect with her lost
daughter in this riveting Norwegian set psychological suspense novel.
Two mothers. Two daughters. One heart.
When Alison's beloved daughter Amalie drowns, her world turns impenetrably dark. Alison tries to hold it together throughout the bleak Fall, but in the darkest days of the Norwegian Winter she completely falls apart.
In another family, Amalie's passing is a new beginning. After years of severe health problems, young Kaia receives a new heart on the morning after Amalie drowns. Her mother Iselin has struggled to raise Kaia on her own and now things are finally looking up. She's even made an affluent new friend who's taken a special interest in her and her daughter.
Alison knows she shouldn't interfere, but really, she's just trying to help Iselin and Kaia. She can give them the life they never had, and by staying close to them, she can still be with her daughter. Kaia is just like her, and surely, something of Amalie must live on in her. As her grief transforms into a terrifying obsession, Alison won't let anything stop her from getting back what she has lost.
Two mothers. Two daughters. One heart.
When Alison's beloved daughter Amalie drowns, her world turns impenetrably dark. Alison tries to hold it together throughout the bleak Fall, but in the darkest days of the Norwegian Winter she completely falls apart.
In another family, Amalie's passing is a new beginning. After years of severe health problems, young Kaia receives a new heart on the morning after Amalie drowns. Her mother Iselin has struggled to raise Kaia on her own and now things are finally looking up. She's even made an affluent new friend who's taken a special interest in her and her daughter.
Alison knows she shouldn't interfere, but really, she's just trying to help Iselin and Kaia. She can give them the life they never had, and by staying close to them, she can still be with her daughter. Kaia is just like her, and surely, something of Amalie must live on in her. As her grief transforms into a terrifying obsession, Alison won't let anything stop her from getting back what she has lost.
My Thoughts…
This book had
me on the edge of my seat. Is Alison
going to be able to move past losing her daughter? Is Iselin going to wake up and figure out
what is happening in her life? While
this book has a sad basis, the thriller part of the story is what really stood
out. I knew the other shoe had to
drop for Alison and that there was no way that the story would end up the way
she wanted, yet I kinda, sorta, almost hoped it would. More so that I wanted her to be okay, to
learn to live, and to learn to accept that Amalie was gone but parts of her
were still alive and helping others live.
I felt that The
Heart Keeper was realistic to a point.
A mother (and father) never get over the loss of a child and to know
that parts of your child were still working in other bodies would be
tough. I admire that they could make
the decision to donate while mourning but I am not sure that they realized how
hard it would be to keep living knowing this.
Neither Alison or her husband were okay, they both were dealing with
their loss in their own ways, and they were not able to help each other. They kept secrets, they hid their thoughts,
and they just couldn’t cope.
I was hooked, I
couldn’t stop reading, and I kept hoping for an ending that all could live
with. The story was heartbreaking and the
characters were easily relatable.
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