Name -You Let Me In
Author -Camilla Bruce
Publisher -Macmillan/Tor-ForgeGenre -Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Rating -5/5
ISBN -9781250302045
Review no. -28
Synopsis -
You Let Me In delivers a stunning tale from debut author Camilla Bruce, combining the sinister domestic atmosphere of Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects with the otherwordly thrills of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane.Cassandra Tipp is dead...or is she?
After all, the notorious recluse and eccentric bestselling novelist has always been prone to flights of fancy—everyone in town remembers the shocking events leading up to Cassie's infamous trial (she may have been acquitted, but the insanity defense only stretches so far).
Cassandra Tipp has left behind no body—just her massive fortune, and one final manuscript.
Then again, there are enough bodies in her past—her husband Tommy Tipp, whose mysterious disembowelment has never been solved, and a few years later, the shocking murder-suicide of her father and brother.
Cassandra Tipp will tell you a story—but it will come with a terrible price. What really happened, out there in the woods—and who has Cassie been protecting all along? Read on, if you dare...
After all, the notorious recluse and eccentric bestselling novelist has always been prone to flights of fancy—everyone in town remembers the shocking events leading up to Cassie's infamous trial (she may have been acquitted, but the insanity defense only stretches so far).
Cassandra Tipp has left behind no body—just her massive fortune, and one final manuscript.
Then again, there are enough bodies in her past—her husband Tommy Tipp, whose mysterious disembowelment has never been solved, and a few years later, the shocking murder-suicide of her father and brother.
Cassandra Tipp will tell you a story—but it will come with a terrible price. What really happened, out there in the woods—and who has Cassie been protecting all along? Read on, if you dare...
Review -
Wow!!! What did I just finish reading? I literally have goosebumps right now.
To start with, the cover is very creepy and attractive, exactly how the cover of a mystery/horror novel should be. The title is a crucial part of the story. In fact, it is the starting point of all the events happening in the book.
The story is about Cassandra Tipp, a famous and reclusive romance novelist, who disappears all of a sudden, leaving everyone to wonder what happened to her. But she still leaves a will before she disappears which states her niece and nephew, Penelope and Janus as her sole heirs of her immense fortune but with one condition, they have to go to her home and read a manuscript she left on her desk. And that manuscript contains the story of her life.
Cassandra had never been a normal child, at least not after meeting Pepper-man. He introduced her to the faerie world, the mound. She was the black sheep of her family, torn between her real world and the faerie world. To make matters worse, her past is even more creepy. Her husband was found brutally murdered in the woods and her brother and father died shortly after as aa result of a murder-suicide.
This book is engrossing , intense and horrifyingly dark, filled with mysteries, horror, emotions, family drama and last but not the least- nightmares.
I thank NetGalley and Macmillan/Tor-Forge for introducing me with this wonderful book.
To start with, the cover is very creepy and attractive, exactly how the cover of a mystery/horror novel should be. The title is a crucial part of the story. In fact, it is the starting point of all the events happening in the book.
The story is about Cassandra Tipp, a famous and reclusive romance novelist, who disappears all of a sudden, leaving everyone to wonder what happened to her. But she still leaves a will before she disappears which states her niece and nephew, Penelope and Janus as her sole heirs of her immense fortune but with one condition, they have to go to her home and read a manuscript she left on her desk. And that manuscript contains the story of her life.
Cassandra had never been a normal child, at least not after meeting Pepper-man. He introduced her to the faerie world, the mound. She was the black sheep of her family, torn between her real world and the faerie world. To make matters worse, her past is even more creepy. Her husband was found brutally murdered in the woods and her brother and father died shortly after as aa result of a murder-suicide.
This book is engrossing , intense and horrifyingly dark, filled with mysteries, horror, emotions, family drama and last but not the least- nightmares.
I thank NetGalley and Macmillan/Tor-Forge for introducing me with this wonderful book.
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