A review by librarianryan
Secrets Never Die by Vincent Ralph

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 

One night a year, Sam Hall and a very small group of friends traipse off into the wood to tell their secrets to a private little hut.  A place, or an object that lets them unburden themselves of the weights on their shoulders.  

 

Sam a formal child TV star has lots of secrets.  Secrets about a fire, about his dad, about his life.  But so does everyone else. And now the blackmail has begun.  Secrets leak out, some small, some large, causing problems and danger for all. 

 

This book was okay.  It starts on Halloween and goes a few more days.  The adult in mean screams “talk to your parents or trusted adults” and this book wouldn’t exist.  To me, this book was nothing special.  It will have a hot flash in the pan this year but die off by next.