"Mummy Mummy come quickly, Lydie-lo has fallen. Again, it strikes me, with painful force, how those words are, really, the only evidence we have for believing it was Lydia that died, not Kirstie. But why did I believe those words?"

Synopsis: "A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcraft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives. But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity-that she, in fact, is Lydia- their world comes crashing down once again. As winter encroaches, Angus is forced to travel away from the island for work, Sarah is feeling isloated, and Kirstie (or is it Lydia?) is growing more disturbed. When a violent storm leaves Sarah and her daughter stranded, Sarah finds herself tortured by the past- what really happened on that fateful day one of her daughters died?"

Atmospherically, in the story telling, the characters, and the constant confusion (WHICH FREAKING DAUGHTER IS SHE?!) - this book was so heavily addicting. I had to read it at home, at a red light, and even at work. Please don't tell my boss. I just could not put this down!

"Could we have got it wrong? I do not know. I am lost in the hall of mirrored souls. And again that terrible sentence pierces me. Mummy mummy come quickly, Lydie-lo has fallen. That's when my life cracked open. That's when I lost my daughter. That's when everything went black"

I became so engrossed in this novel because it holds so many elements of scary story telling. Paranormal activities, children acting downright creepy (identical twins nonetheless), plots of revenge, the constant struggle of wondering whether or not the characters are just losing their minds. You really don't know until the end, and even then, I was left wondering if I really understood.

"Kirstie says nothing. Clutching Leopardy with her two fisted hands. Her smile is cold, and blank, and yet somehow knowing. It is the kind of smile Lydia would sometimes do, Lydia, the quiet one, the soulful one, the more eccentric of the twins. My favorite."

This novel has all the makings of a scary read: identical twins, a dark and forboding atmosphere, everyone with secrets, and a scary and isloating storm during the big ending. And man, did it deliver. If you want a creepy read to get you in the Halloween mood, definitely grab this one.

"But what if we have made a terrible mistake? The most terrible mistake imaginable? How would we unravel it? What could we do? What would it do to all of us?"