A review by gwendolyn_kensinger
Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry

3.0

LOOK UP CONTENT AND TRIGGER WARNINGS (abuse, rape, eating disorders, self-harm)!

You have twin sisters Emily and Elizabeth who had horrible childhoods. Horrible, disgusting, worst ever. Now they’re living together in an apartment. Elizabeth is going to school, working, and dating. Emily on the other hand stays in the apartment all day sleeping and generally is not doing well. After a tough conversation one evening Emily locks herself in the bathroom and the next morning Elizabeth finds her twin dead. She blacks out and when she comes to she finds herself in a hospital. She’s been admitted and she isn’t sure why. All she wants to know is what happened to Emily. As she delves deeper into the mystery surrounding Emily’s death, she discovers shocking secrets and holes in her memory that force her to remember what she’s worked so hard to forget—the beatings, the blood, the special friends. Her life spins out of control at a terrifying speed as she desperately tries to unravel the psychological puzzle of her past before it’s too late. It’s twisty and turny in the best way but it’s very difficult to read at times because of the content and trigger warning.