Mirror twins Kat and Jude Bird are trying to get back to normal after a car accident left Kat with amnesia. As time passes though, Kat starts to question if Jude is telling her the truth. As she begins digging, she’s left with even more questions including who can you trust if not your own twin?
The premise of this story has everything I want in a thriller. Mystery, cults, unreliable and complex characters, and mind games. I was initially incredibly invested but I just lost interest midway through the audio and had to force myself to continue the story. Towards the end, the story picks up but not enough to save the story. There is just one too many timelines/alternate storylines that switching via an audiobook was hard to keep track of. In addition, I never felt fully connected to any of our characters.
This is such a unique story, and it has a great concept, it just needed a bit of cleaning up. I would have preferred the entire story to be cult related, as that was the most interesting pieces of the story. It lacked a strong sense of ‘horror’ and while it’s a mystery, it was a little too slow paced for me to count it as a thriller. I honestly can’t put my finger on what exactly was missing but I just need more of something.
Where You End is out now. Huge thank you to Henry Holt and Macmillan Audio for my copy in exchange for an honest review. If you liked this review, please let me know either by commenting below or by visiting my Instagram @speakingof.books.
