The Spires by Kate Moretti
Kindle Edition, 316 pages
Publication: September 21st 2021 by Thomas
& Mercer
Genre:
Mystery, Thriller
Strung between two teenagers, an unemployed husband, and a tenuous career, Penelope Cox barely has her life together when the past comes knocking at her door. Willa Blaine, her old roommate, needs her help: refuge from an abusive husband. “Two weeks tops,” she says―but it’s not the imposition that bothers Penelope; it’s the memories Willa brings with her.
Twenty years earlier, Penelope, Willa, and three friends lived together in a converted church. Insular and closed off from the rest of the world, the five roommates formed their own dysfunctional family, celebrating the pinnacle of their lives; they called themselves “the Spires.” But nights of wild parties gave way to a darker undercurrent: jealousy, resentment, unrequited love, and obsession. Tensions boiled over during a night of debauchery that ended in a deadly fire, leaving the Spires scattered and forever changed.
Now Willa is the perfect houseguest: accommodating, helpful, bringing a newfound sense of excitement to the Cox household. Yet Penelope can’t help but feel the cracks in her life widen as she begins to question Willa’s motives. Everyone has secrets, it seems―and the fire may have brought down the Spires, but not everything burned was forgotten.
My
Thoughts: I am a fan of
Kate Moretti so when I heard she had a new book coming out I knew that I needed
to get my hands on it. The way she
writes pulls me in and keeps my guessing as I turn page after page looking for
the answers to all my questions.
The Spires
seemed different than her others to me.
I am not exactly sure what was different, but I just was not quite as
pulled in as I usually am. I struggled
to connect with the characters. I HATED
Penelope’s husband. I doubted that
Penelope had any clue what was going on with anything or anyone, even though
much of the story was happening in her house.
Willa, ugh… that’s all I can
say.
I will say that
the BIG twist was one that I did not quite have figured out. When it was revealed, I looked back and saw
many clues that would have given it away had I caught on when I first read
them. I liked that I did not have it
all figured out. I liked that I was kept
wondering and hoping for the ending I wanted.
If you are
looking for a mystery thriller that will keep you guessing I would suggest
checking out Kate Moretti’s The Spires.
**Thank you
NetGalley and Thomas Mercer for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest
review.
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Meet Kate Moretti: Kate Moretti is the New York Times Bestselling author of seven novels and a novella, including Thought I Knew You, While You Were Gone, Binds That Tie, The Vanishing Year, Blackbird Season, In Her Bones, Girls of Brackenhill, and the forthcoming The Spires. Her first novel THOUGHT I KNEW YOU, was a New York Times bestseller. THE VANISHING YEAR was a nominee in the Goodreads Choice Awards Mystery/Thriller category for 2016 and was called "chillingly satisfying." (Publisher's Weekly) with "superb" closing twists (New York Times Book Review). Her books have been translated in over ten different languages and has been optioned for television.
Kate has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for twenty years as a scientist and enjoys traveling and cooking. She lives in Pennsylvania in an old farmhouse with her husband, two children and no known ghosts. Her lifelong dream is to find a secret passageway.
(Taken from http://www.katemoretti.com/)
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