Lonely Places by Kate Anderson
Chase and Guthrie are two sisters who essentially grew up traveling the country with their parents and living in a renovated school bus after a tragedy occurred in their lives. After another accident happens to Guthrie, the family decides they need stability. Settling in Pando, they take up residence in a fire lookout in the middle of a forest. Not long after, Guthrie becomes obsessed with some of the trees and begins talking to herself. The significance? Guthrie’s past tragedy rendered her mute. Trying to save money for college and escape from the “hippie” lifestyle, Chase takes a summer job at a nearby camp. Even though she tries to resist, she soon makes friends and has a summer crush. Throughout the summer, strange things continue to occur in the forest – trees appear to have faces, Guthrie brings home collections of bones, and the summer is overshadowed by the story of a girl who went missing in the same forest decades ago. Next – Guthrie goes missing, and the family must find her before it’s too late. To find Guthrie, Chase and her family must face their past and the trauma that brought them to Pando. Lonely Places is a “slow burn” YA horror novel that mixes the past with the present and presents a psychological plot twist that will keep the reader guessing to the very end.
Lonely Places by Kate Anderson, (List Price: $14.99, Flux, 9781635831016, October 2024)
Reviewed by Marcia Honeycutt Roseman, Editions Book Store in Kannapolis, North Carolina
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