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BOOK INFO
Title: Until the Day I Die
Author: Emily Carpenter
Publisher: Lake Union
Publish Date: March 12, 2019
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Series: na
My Rating: 4/5
BOOK BLURB
From the bestselling author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls comes a riveting novel about a mother and daughter separated by grief, secrets, and a conspiracy that threatens to destroy their lives.
If there’s a healthy way to grieve, Erin Gaines hasn’t found it. After her husband’s sudden death, the runaway success of the tech company they built with their best friends has become overwhelming. Her nerves are frayed, she’s disengaged, and her frustrated daughter, Shorie, is pulling away from her. Maybe Erin’s friends and family are right. Maybe a few weeks at a spa resort in the Caribbean islands is just what she needs to hit the reset button…
Shorie is not only worried about her mother’s mental state but also for the future of her parents’ company. Especially when she begins to suspect that not all of Erin’s colleagues can be trusted. It seems someone is spinning an intricate web of deception—the foundation for a conspiracy that is putting everything, and everyone she loves, at risk. And she may be the only one who can stop it.
Now, thousands of miles away in a remote, and oftentimes menacing, tropical jungle, Erin is beginning to have similar fears. Things at the resort aren’t exactly how the brochure described, and unless she’s losing her mind, Erin’s pretty sure she wasn’t sent there to recover—she was sent to disappear.
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MY REVIEW
Erin Gaines, her husband, and two friends created a tech company that has started to take off. Erin’s husband died unexpectedly, and Erin is grieving his loss. Her daughter Shorie is leaving for college, but wants to stay home and work at her parents company. Between their grieving and difference of opinions regarding Shorie’s future, the mother-daughter relationship has become strained. Erin is encouraged to go to an exclusive spa for help, but it turns out the spa is not the relaxing resort experience she was expecting.
Told with alternating viewpoints – Erin and Shorie. Erin is grieving, working too much, and doesn’t seem to be taking care of herself. Shorie is smart and resourceful, and wants to work with her parent’s tech company rather than go to college. Erin and Shorie love each other, but their relationship is strained with what is currently happening in their lives. Erin’s friends and family encourage her to attend a spa on a private island to help her get back on track. The island resort turns into a dangerous experience. While Erin is away on the island, Shorie starts to look into some questionable activity going on with the tech company.
Until the Day I Die is an exciting thriller, especially the parts that take place in the jungle of the private island. This book combines a mystery at a tech company and a perilous island experience. Overall, a wild, mysterious, and fast-paced page turner.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Books by Emily Carpenter:
- Burying the Honeysuckle Girls
- The Weight of Lies
- Every Single Secret
- Until the Day I Die
- Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters
Great review, Darinda! I’ve the audiobook in the reading queue.
Thank you! Hope you enjoy it. 😀
Ooo, nice review Darinda. I had not heard of this book, but will be adding it now. Sounds like a good mix of family drama and thriller and intrigue.
Thanks, Carla! Hope you enjoy it. 😀
Wonderful review I was on the fence about this one, maybe I should pick it up?
Thanks, Berit! I wasn’t sure about it either. Glad I picked it up. It’s a fun, but not realistic, read.
This is in my TBR ❤️ lovely review… I am excited to read this
Thanks, Shalini! Hope you enjoy it! 💜