The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
Pros: Jennifer McMahon is one hell of a writer. She knows how to hook you, and keep you, until the last page and then some. The Drowning Kind is INTENSE.
Cons: people drown. And it is mildly terrifying, especially if you fear drowning. The Drowning Kind is INTENSE.
Obviously intensity can be subjective.
Obviously intensity can be subjective.
“Grief is a monster.”
When Jax sees she's missed nine calls from her older sister Lexie, she knows nothing good can come of it. Manic and often off her meds, Lexie has forced Jax to push her sister away for a year now to preserve her own sanity. Now, Lexie is dead and Jax is on her way home to her grandmother's estate to pick up the pieces.
“In the water, dark and deep where she waits, fast asleep All alone, pale and cold, don’t wake her up, or she’ll catch hold Her soothing voice, so soft and low is the last thing you’ll ever know Four simple words whispered in your ear, a gentle wind only you can hear: Come swimming with me.”
In 1929, almost-spinster Ethel Monroe is having trouble conceiving a baby. A spur of the moment decision takes Ethel and her doctor husband on a trip to the Brandenburg Springs Hotel. The hotel is home to the Brandenburg Springs, widely known to be healing waters, of the freezing variety. Ethel takes a dip and makes a wish. What will she have to pay for her wish to come true?
When I say this book is intense. I MEAN IT. I. could. not. put. this. book. down. It's been awhile since that happened too. Yet I also could not read it after dark! McMahon is master at keeping you on the edge of "is this happening" or "is that happening." She keeps on right on the edge of CREEPY. AND I LOVE IT. And the ending. OH, the ending. I just can't even. Really. I will not even because to even is to spoil it. So just read it already and when you do, please discuss the ending with me because I neeeeeed to discuss the ending.
But really. Read it. It's the perfect beach book, just be sure you put on lots of sunscreen and turn over occasionally. We need that tan to be even.
Thank you to Gallery Books for the review copy. This review reflects my own, unbiased, thoughts.
When I say this book is intense. I MEAN IT. I. could. not. put. this. book. down. It's been awhile since that happened too. Yet I also could not read it after dark! McMahon is master at keeping you on the edge of "is this happening" or "is that happening." She keeps on right on the edge of CREEPY. AND I LOVE IT. And the ending. OH, the ending. I just can't even. Really. I will not even because to even is to spoil it. So just read it already and when you do, please discuss the ending with me because I neeeeeed to discuss the ending.
But really. Read it. It's the perfect beach book, just be sure you put on lots of sunscreen and turn over occasionally. We need that tan to be even.
Thank you to Gallery Books for the review copy. This review reflects my own, unbiased, thoughts.
The Drowning Kind
by Jennifer McMahon
April 6th 2021 by Gallery/Scout Press
319 Pages
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