Things Don't Break On Their Own - Sarah Easter Collins

Fiction/Thriller

Rating: 8/10

Willa’s life has been defined by her sister’s disappearance. Every friendship, every romance, every career choice impacted by her belief that she is still alive. Everywhere she goes, she see’s fragments of her.

When Willa arrives to a dinner party thrown by her first love, she has no reason to think it will anything other than an ordinary evening. She could never have predicted that this innocuous gathering would be the thing that would turn her world on its axis. Decidedly it turns out to be anything but ordinary…

Things unspoken will be spoken and truths not previously admitted outside of her family will be known.

A well-crafted, character driven literary thriller that is haunting and gripping.

Footnote: I loved the parallels of pottery to the themes of this books. To elaborate…”There’s a process for mending pottery where the cracks aren’t hidden away, but made a thing of, made deliberately visible. Dusting the cracks with a precious metal makes it even more beautiful than it was before it was broken.”

Book Pairing(s): One Of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole, Knife River by Justine Champine, First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston