Caroline Kepnes was already one of my favourite authors before I read this one, and she did not disappoint. This is a book that defies easy categorisation. It’s a supernatural thriller/detective story/love story/about five other things, and it tells the story of Jon and Chloe, two young teenagers in New Hampshire, just starting to fall in love when Jon is abruptly kidnapped. Jon returns four years later with no memory of his time away, only a note from his kidnapper, scrawled in a Lovecraft novel, promising that he’ll soon develop dangerous powers. Which he then does, stopping him from being with the Chloe. It’s as much a tragic tale of star-crossed lovers as it is a story of unspeakable power from another dimension, and I loved every word of it.
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