To the river beneath us where we sink our souls,
To the bruises and secrets, to the ghosts in the ceiling,
One more drink for the watery road.
Every October, Cara and her family enter the Accident Season. They get cuts, scrapes, broken bones, and when it is really bad -- someone dies.
This Accident Season is shaping up to be the worst one yet. Not a day goes by without Cara, her sister Alice, stepbrother Sam, and mother getting injured in multiple ways.
But this Accident Season is going to get even worse. Because Cara is starting to ask questions. She searches for Elsie, the childhood friend, who seems to be stalking her everywhere she goes even though Elsie has completely disappeared from school and town. She questions her feelings for ex-stepbrother Sam. And they are all starting to question the secrets that make up their lives and seem to be rule the Accident Season.
This book is difficult to describe. It is a disturbing and creepy read. The narrator Cara is unreliable enough that you have trouble deciding whether the paranormal aspects of the story are true or just delusions. Yet, you just can't stop reading. The characters draw you in and make you care about them and what happens to them. I would definitely recommend this to readers who like moody reads.
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