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The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers, Alex Kiester
4.25

Captivating thriller with a lot of unexpected twists. The prose was very readable and the plot was fast-paced. I liked the two main characters, Nic and Jenna. The contrast between the two women provided a lot of subtle characterization that let us get to know them just by the differences in how they reacted to their sisters' deaths.  

I predicted one of the earlier twists (
Brad and Kasey's affair
) but I really liked that the author took this subplot in an unexpected direction (
Sandy's involvement
). I was totally blindsighted by the ending (
Kasey is alive and Jules's death was Nic's fault
) and I liked that the author left the ending on the darker side of morally gray.