In Her Shadow

Overall Rating: 3.5/5

Spine tingling , gut-twisting , and gripping... every room has its secrets......

Crestwood's halls guard a dark past....

And that secret holds a price to be uncovered..

This story is gripping , it is dark, it is something that will grab your attention and hold it to the end, as most mystery/ thrillers do , and I adore putting on my detective hat to unravel the clues and the small details within.... it gives you that yearning , the desire to keep reading , and the want to discover what exactly is the story beneath Crestwood's stone foundation ... beneath its exquisite halls , lavish rooms... and beautiful grounds...as our main character Rachel attempts to discover what exactly happened to her predecessor .. and why exactly Lucas, and the rest of the staff... are so quiet... and so secretive of the events that happened to Eliza...

And as she comes closer to discovering the dark truths within these halls... she realizes that she not only risks losing everything that she's come to love... the relationships she holds so dear... but also to the risk of losing herself ....

A novel that will keep you guessing at every page turn... At every plot twist...

Unfortunately for me I found the insertion of her old memories , past , and conflicts to be a little bit random... and somewhat confusing and unrelated at times to the other plot points that were ongoing at the time...... the beginning of the book especially I found it to be quite hard to understand as to why it started so quickly and then kind of tapered off like a flame suddenly snuffed out to be rekindled again later on.... not to mention I find the weirdly out-of-place actions of Lucas at time to be .. a little strange? With his behavior and all that... and the way that he seems to act while our curious Rachel just wants to know what happened...

Is it still a good book? Yes. This most definitely scratched the right places in my brain for a mystery / thriller... but not perhaps something I would widely recommend myself, as I struggled to get through this novel and had to take frequent breaks to try to rearrange my thoughts and understand what was happening.