"It takes time for all the loose ends to be in one place, but once they are, things tend to move quickly."
-Lucy, from the novel
This was another free novel from Amazon First Reads. It was intriguing, to be sure. I had a hard time putting it down midway through. I am rating it a 4.
Protagonist Jess Abbot, is a young woman seemingly with nothing more to lose, when she tries a change of location and winds up in the small town of Pine Lake. There she soon meets an eccentric old lady named Lucy who hires her as a caregiver.
In the meantime, co-protagonist Star, a teenaged runaway ends up in Pine Lake and is befriended by Lucy, as well.
It would seem that Lucy is a clairvoyant as she knows that both Jess and Star are holding tightly to regrets and guilt in their pasts. Lucy's many mentions of her "loose ends" make both Jess and Star wonder why they've been brought together. Lucy's odd ways (some townspeople call her a witch) and mysterious happenings, including the frequent appearance of secret stones, add to the intrigue.
The story is told with alternating perspectives of Jess and Star. Although I correctly predicted some events, the climax was pretty surprising. So many coincidences were a bit difficult to believe but I did enjoy the story.
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