released June 20, 2023 from Wednesday Books
Where Echoes Die is a flawed but interesting YA horror/thriller that hooked me, but also frustrated me.
The book begins after Beck and Riley’s mother Ellery has died. Beck receives a letter from Ellery inviting her to visit a town that she (an investigative journalist) was obsessed with.
The buildup is fantastic, and the town of Backravel is SO creepy. Residents seem to forget having met Beck and Riley, and there are odd rules and traditions. Scariest of all, the town is built around some kind of “treatment centre” but no one will tell Beck what the treatment is for.
I struggled a bit with the character motivations in this book. I’m not sure I believed some of their choices to keep silent about things they learned, or to stay in the town once they discovered worrisome things (it’s hard to explain my feelings without spoilers…).
I also felt I needed a bit more from the ending. The book had such a creepy, suspenseful build and then lost me a bit. There wasn’t enough payoff for me.
Still, I’m glad I read the book and I enjoyed a lot about it.
🌟🌟🌟1/2
Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for my review copy of this book.
Leanne Olson 
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