In My Dreams I Hold A Knife - Ashley Winstead

Thriller/Fiction

Rating: 8/10

Over the course of a single shocking night the author peels back lie after lie, exposing the poisoned roots that connected a group of friends during their university years. All of which lead to one of them cast as the murdered and one as the murderer. I lost count of the juicy secrets revealed and the masks dropped and just allowed myself the savor the salacious joy of it all.

Attending the ten-year reunion, our main character Jessica is expecting to revel in the glory days of the past, finally achieving the hierarchy among her friends she always believed was her rightful place. But nothing is what it appeared to be, least of all Jessica’s own recollections.

The author is masterful with pacing, frequently shifting the narrative to points between the past and present, with interludes of perspectives from each of the cast. As well she devised a clever method for her characters to expose secrets and piece together the crime that remains unsolved all these years later.

And the last few pages? Mind. Blown. It’s both a resolution and devolution.  Imagine that if you dare…

Book Pairing(s): Girl Gone Mad by Avery Bishop, Little Secrets by Emily Schultz, We Keep The Dead Close by Becky Cooper