“Roanoke girls never last long around here. In the end, we either run or we die.”
After her mother's suicide, fifteen year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran…fast and far away.
Eleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run too? Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search, and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. Her homecoming may mean a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago summer. But it also means facing the devastating secret that made her flee, one she may not be strong enough to run from again.
As it weaves between Lane’s first Roanoke summer and her return, The Roanoke Girls shocks and tantalizes, twisting its way through revelation after mesmerizing revelation, exploring the secrets families keep and the fierce and terrible love that both binds them together and rips them apart.
My Review
5 Stars
"Roanoke girls never last long around here. In the end, we either run or we die."
Growing up in New York with her emotionally unstable mother, Lane has never really known love, or her family. Her mother left home before Lane was born. When her mother commits suicide, Lane is sent to live with the grandparents her mother left behind 15 years ago, and her cousin, Allegra, whom they are raising.
It seems like a normal, loving, stable home. But not everything is what it seems. And when Lane finds out the dark secret at the heart of her family, she runs. For eleven years she has lived in Los Angeles. Trying to forget the dark secret she left behind. Until Allegra goes missing and she has to go back and face the past.
A twisted story about a family and their dark, dirty secret. From page one, this book grabs you. It's kind of heartbreaking but you just can't stop reading. Even while thinking how could they??? It makes you wonder what kind of sickness lurks around you.
I received this book from Blogging For Books in exchange for an honest review.
About the Author
Amy Engel
Amy Engel is the author of the YA novels THE BOOK OF IVY and THE REVOLUTION OF IVY. She lives in Missouri with her family. THE ROANOKE GIRLS is her first novel for adults.
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