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A review by kristianawithak
A Step Past Darkness by Vera Kurian
3.0
I was elated to learn Vera Kurian was writing a new novel. I loved her book Never Saw Me Coming.
Why would six promising high school students leave their small idyllic town, vowing never to return? Surely, the secret isn’t in the creepy mine or the church that both run the town…
I love stories where long-lost friends or foes are reunited at the location they swore they’d never return to. I love the mystery behind what tore them apart and the power of the location that has kept them away. The story is a little breakfast club, a group of unlikely students forced together to work on a project, and it totally works.
The back-and-forth narrative of past and present added to many character perspectives was a little clunky in the beginning but settled into itself as the story finds its rhythm.
I enjoyed the mystery and the characters. I am still getting used to 1995 being “historical” fiction, but here we are. As an elder millennial, the 90’s will always be 20 years behind me. If you’re looking for a great mystery, a little horror, and some 1995, look no further.
Thank you, Harlequin and Netgalley, for the advanced copy.
Why would six promising high school students leave their small idyllic town, vowing never to return? Surely, the secret isn’t in the creepy mine or the church that both run the town…
I love stories where long-lost friends or foes are reunited at the location they swore they’d never return to. I love the mystery behind what tore them apart and the power of the location that has kept them away. The story is a little breakfast club, a group of unlikely students forced together to work on a project, and it totally works.
The back-and-forth narrative of past and present added to many character perspectives was a little clunky in the beginning but settled into itself as the story finds its rhythm.
I enjoyed the mystery and the characters. I am still getting used to 1995 being “historical” fiction, but here we are. As an elder millennial, the 90’s will always be 20 years behind me. If you’re looking for a great mystery, a little horror, and some 1995, look no further.
Thank you, Harlequin and Netgalley, for the advanced copy.