Such a magical book. I enjoyed taking a road trip with Zadie and Finn. ( )

I love a good road trip adventure. The magical realism element put a cool spin on it too. ( )

Nora Wilder disappeared five years ago leaving her two daughters behind. Zadie and Finn both have special abilities. Zadie has psychic abilities and Finn can feel memories other people have left behind. The girls decide to look for their mother following the memories she left behind. The magical realism, while not up to Alice Hoffman standards, is nicely done. I have Ruth Emmie Lang's first book, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance and will definitely move it up my TBR pile! ( )

While the story was interesting, the nonlinear timeline made it difficult to get fully into the story. While some of my favorite books have nonlinear timelines, the author didn’t stay in any time long to connect eight the characters or story. ( )

I really enjoyed this book! I liked the author’s first book, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance, when I read it several years and I was eager to read more of her work. I am happy to report that this book was just as good as her first. Once I started reading this book, I found it incredibly hard to set aside.

Zadie and Finn’s mom, Nora, disappeared years ago and nobody knows what happened to her. Finn was young enough to be placed with a family but Zadie was left to fend for herself. The sisters have a trip planned shortly after Finn’s graduation but their plans change when Finn convinces her sister to spend the time searching for their mother instead of heading to the beach. Like Zadie and Finn, I wondered what had really happened to Nora years earlier.

As much as I enjoyed going on this journey with Zadie and Finn, I worried about them during their quest to find their mother. They do encounter some interesting characters during their travels which I thought added a lot to the story. Each of the sisters has a special ability that added just the right amount of magic to the story. I loved watching Zadie and Finn grow closer and grow as individuals over the course of the book.

I listened to the audiobook and thought that Anna Caputo did a fantastic job with the story. I believe that this was my first experience with her narration and I was impressed. I thought that her voice was very pleasant and worked well for the story. I am certain that her narration added to my overall enjoyment of the story.

I would not hesitate to recommend this book to others. I thought that this was a very well-done story filled with likable and interesting characters. I was very satisfied with how everything turned out and cannot wait to read more of this author’s work in the future.

I received a review copy of this book from St. Martin’s press and purchased a copy of the audiobook. ( )