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A review by b_tellefsen_rescuesandreads
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
4.0
Rating 4.5
Dark. Disturbing. Devourable. This was the book my twisted little soul was craving and I am not even sorry.
After her mother commits suicide when she is just 15 years old, Lane is sent to live on the Kansas estate of her grandparents, people she has never met and never even knew existed.
There, over one summer, she and her cousin, who is also in the care of her grandparents, live the enviable life of being a rich Roanoke girl. But it doesn't take long for Lane to realize that there are some dark secrets being held at Roanoke. A secret that has caused other Roanoke girls before her to flee or die.
Now, a decade later, Lane has escaped the suffocating Kansas estate but is called back when Allegra goes missing. And she is forced to confront the darkness she fled so many years ago.
Holy. Fucking. Cow. Y'all... I cannot even explain to you how quickly I tore through this Southern Gothic nightmare that you cannot help but be sucked into, for better or for worse.
Full of deeply flawed and unlikeable characters, this warped tale was so beautifully and enchantingly told that I could not help but be charmed despite the horrid subject matter.
I will definitely need to pick up more of Engel's work in the future.
Dark. Disturbing. Devourable. This was the book my twisted little soul was craving and I am not even sorry.
After her mother commits suicide when she is just 15 years old, Lane is sent to live on the Kansas estate of her grandparents, people she has never met and never even knew existed.
There, over one summer, she and her cousin, who is also in the care of her grandparents, live the enviable life of being a rich Roanoke girl. But it doesn't take long for Lane to realize that there are some dark secrets being held at Roanoke. A secret that has caused other Roanoke girls before her to flee or die.
Now, a decade later, Lane has escaped the suffocating Kansas estate but is called back when Allegra goes missing. And she is forced to confront the darkness she fled so many years ago.
Holy. Fucking. Cow. Y'all... I cannot even explain to you how quickly I tore through this Southern Gothic nightmare that you cannot help but be sucked into, for better or for worse.
Full of deeply flawed and unlikeable characters, this warped tale was so beautifully and enchantingly told that I could not help but be charmed despite the horrid subject matter.
I will definitely need to pick up more of Engel's work in the future.