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The Wild Between Us by Amy Hagstrom
4.5
emotional sad medium-paced

Wow, this was a pulse pounding debut that I read in a few hours!

Silas is back to where he spent his summers in the Sierra Nevadas with his two young boys to live in his Aunt's cabin. 15 years ago, he fled after a 5 day long search/rescue operation for his ex-girlfriend Jessica was called off with no results. Then the unthinkable happens and his boys get lost in the same area... This time to aid in their search is Meg and Danny. Silas's friends that were there when Jessica disappeared.

The chapters go back and forth between the past and the present and my heart ached in each time period. I was riveted to my seat, felt the fear from the 3 MCs (especially fear for the small boys as a mother can feel that fear) and the rescue teams and felt the cold and darkness during the search.