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A review by babs_reviews
The Ghostwriter by A.R. Torre
5.0
Everyone hides; we hide from different things but we all find ourselves huddled up in our minds hiding from one thing or another. We ache to be free of turmoil but fear the consequence of revealing our true selves. So we hide and we put on a mask.
The writing in The Ghostwriter is beautiful; the way the words curve and bleed together reaching out and connecting to you. Tiny invisible strings that tether you to a world not your own. Every page turned caused those strings to constrict. One by one they break.
An emotional charge spills from the pages and fills you with suspense. It was impossible to put it down. The words weren't just formed they were created and they held life. Where there is life there is death.
Helena Ross, an author with 3 months to write the last book she'll ever write. One so deeply rooted in her soul that her entire being aches from the onslaught of memories she's tried to forget. She carries with her a burden of a dark secret that daily threatens to rip her under and wash her away. It's her story; her truth and her lies. There are two other characters that are important, a rival enemy who isn't as they seem and an assistant that is more than they seem. With qualities and emotional depth that you instantly love them both.
Torres delivers a contemporary suspense that crushes the breath from you in one fell swoop and dangles your heart from a single string remaining at the end. The final words ripping your soul in two before quietly stitching it back together, pieces missing.
Definitely one of my favorites this year and one I'll be begging the author to inform me of where I can get one signed.
*I was provided an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review*
The writing in The Ghostwriter is beautiful; the way the words curve and bleed together reaching out and connecting to you. Tiny invisible strings that tether you to a world not your own. Every page turned caused those strings to constrict. One by one they break.
An emotional charge spills from the pages and fills you with suspense. It was impossible to put it down. The words weren't just formed they were created and they held life. Where there is life there is death.
Helena Ross, an author with 3 months to write the last book she'll ever write. One so deeply rooted in her soul that her entire being aches from the onslaught of memories she's tried to forget. She carries with her a burden of a dark secret that daily threatens to rip her under and wash her away. It's her story; her truth and her lies. There are two other characters that are important, a rival enemy who isn't as they seem and an assistant that is more than they seem. With qualities and emotional depth that you instantly love them both.
Torres delivers a contemporary suspense that crushes the breath from you in one fell swoop and dangles your heart from a single string remaining at the end. The final words ripping your soul in two before quietly stitching it back together, pieces missing.
Definitely one of my favorites this year and one I'll be begging the author to inform me of where I can get one signed.
*I was provided an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review*