Up in the attic, four secrets are hidden. Four blonde, beautiful, innocent little secrets, struggling to stay alive...
Chris, Cathy, Cory and Carrie have perfect lives - until a tragic accident changes everything. Now they must wait, hidden from view in their grandparents' attic, as their mother tries to figure out what to do next. But as days turn into weeks and weeks into months, the siblings endure unspeakable horrors and face the terrifying realization that they might not be let out of the attic after all.
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This book moved me to tears, it was so very heartbreaking. Its a book that I have planned to read for many years but never got around to it. I am pleased I finally found the time to do so but what a roller coaster of emotion it sent me on!
The book is well written in the sense that the story and plot move along quickly. I enjoyed the fact that even though the book is just over 400 pages it still felt short. It was really more like what I would consider a quick read and I didn't feel like I'd read more than 200 pages.
The storyline was gripping and I couldn't understand the motives of the mother in the book. Oh, I grasped that she wanted to gain her inheritance and I do believe that in the beginning she had the best of intentions but as the story progressed I just wanted to shake her.
The characters of Chris and Cathy had some many levels, I really enjoyed watching them mature. At points I cried because of how the situation was changing them and the lack of control they had over their lives. I wanted more than anything to protect, hold and shield them from the lives and fears thrust upon them.
It was truly heartbreaking at points and it was obviously the position they were placed in by the adults that was effecting the present. The grandmother was very misguided when believing the past of her daughter would reflect on the future through the 'evil' children she bore, she was blind to her own hand in the situation.
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars
It was a good book and I really enjoyed reading it. I was completely transported into the story.
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