Book Review: Best Friend's Forever by Shannon Hollinger

 

                                                   341 pages, Kindle Edition
                                                 Expected publication January 12, 2023

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I emerge from the trees, drenched in sweat, my voice lost as I take in the scene in front of me. The blood. The body. Emma’s eyes meet mine for a second. “It was an accident,” she whispers.

Emma and I were childhood best friends. We did everything together. Until that terrible night in the woods.

I couldn’t tell anyone what I’d seen. We never discussed it, but our bond was too strong; I could never betray my best friend. Even if she had killed someone.

But I also couldn’t stay in town and watch her live a normal life, knowing what she’d done. So I left.

Now, ten years later, I’m back. The guilt and the fear have stayed with me. And I have realized I need to reveal the truth if I’m ever going to move on.

But I never get the chance. Because the day I turn up, Emma is found dead, and the way she died means I start to doubt everything I thought I knew about that night all those years ago.

As my grief turns to anger at all those lost years of friendship, I realise with horror that Emma might not have been the only killer. Someone else is out there. Someone who was close to us both, someone who knew the smallest details of what had happened back then. Who from our small town could have murdered not once, but twice? And who’s next…?

                                                   MY REVIEW:

Best Friends Forever by Shannon Hollinger
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I had a hard time figuring out exactly what had happened that night in the woods. I kept thinking one thing and then another and who was involved and who wasn't. I didn't trust to many people except for 3 and I was wrong about 1.
We know Kate and Emma were best friends and they were friends along with Becca and Mel. Lily is Kates sister but we find out more as the story unfolds. The night of a party, in the woods after they graduated. since that night Lily has not talked at all from the trauma of whatever she saw.
Kate was dating Jeff at the time and something just seemed off about him. The story starts out from the party and then 10 years later. Kate comes back home to take care of her mom, who has fallen. When she comes back, Emma has died.
I had so many emotions and conflicts going on in my mind while reading this.
Thank you to NetGalley for the book to review.

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                                          Shannon Hollinger


Born in The United States

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Mystery, Suspense, Thriller


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With degrees in Crime Scene Technology & Physical Anthropology, Florida author Shannon Hollinger hasn't just seen the dark side of humanity - she's been elbow deep inside of it! She finds writing to be a much cleaner way to spend her time than the autopsy suite. Most days it smells better, too.

Her debut novel, the psychological thriller Best Friends Forever, will be released in January 2023 and is the first of a five-book deal with publisher Bookouture.

Her short fiction has appeared in Suspense Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and The Saturday Evening Post, among a number of other magazines and anthologies, and her story Lady Killer was a finalist for the 2021 Al Blanchard Award sponsored by the New England Crime Bake.

To see a comprehensive list of her work, check out www.ShannonHollinger.com

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