That night

Cyn Balog

Book - 2019

The more Hailey struggles to understand her boyfriend's apparent suicide, despite the discouragement of his stepbrother, her best friend, Kane, the more she remembers and the more secrets are revealed.

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Published
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Cyn Balog (author)
Physical Description
310 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9781492679042
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

A girl struggles to understand her boyfriend's suicideor to discover if it really was a suicide. For years, Hailey's life has revolved around the charismatic stepbrothers across the street. Popular, handsome Kane's her childhood best friendthey lost their virginity together as fumbling, awkward 15-year-olds. Then there's his equally charismatic stepbrotherbrilliant, talented, devout Declana gorgeous multiracial boy (Hailey fetishizes his ethnically ambiguous features). Told from Hailey's point of view, the story jumps back and forth between the presenta year after Declan's deathand flashbacks to her intense, romantic relationship with Declan and the lead-up to his death. Hailey, whose life has fallen to pieces since that night (after a lengthy in-patient stay, she's self-harming and drinking), suffers from what her therapist calls selective retention, her brain refusing to process painful memories as suicide runs so counter to the Declan she knew. Then Declan's mother finds a strange photograph and threatening message among his things. Soon, Hailey's seeing hints of something suspicious everywhere she turns. Desperate, Hailey pushes hard, slowly unraveling relationships and secrets in her own memories. The vividly-drawn characters are consumed by the drama of their powerful feelings. The truth she finally finds is downright chilling. Most characters default to white.A twisted, engrossing tale of relationships intermingling to disaster. (Thriller/mystery. 15-18) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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