Somewhat predictable but endearing. ( )

🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2 STARS
ARC-Review
Release Date-9/2/18

So The Reunion by Samantha Hayes, what a ride this was.
This is one of those books that once you start there's no getting off and I loved this tale so much.
So the Reunion tells the story of thirteen year old Lenni going missing, the year is 1996 and Claire allows her little sister to go off and buy ice-cream alone.
If you think that's a bit old to be supervised, Lenny herself is described as special, so I think she obviously has some degree of learning difficulties.
Lenny vanishes and despite a police investigation, there's not a trace of her to be found.
So fast forward a few years, 2017 to be precise and Claire is now married with two children and living next door to her parents.
A successful realtor married to a neurosurgeon her life is going well,
On account of her fathers, Altzheimer's Claire decides to have a reunion of the old gang who saw her dad as a father figure growing up.
This is where it gets fun, and I can reveal without it being a spoiler that Lenny is alive.
This book is told from a lot of peoples POV one of them being Lenny.
In fact, this is the reason I removed half a star, I thought there was maybe too many voices and I would have been satisfied with just Claire and Lenny, I believe that was actually overkill.
sometimes less is more.
But that's only a small issue and the rest of this experience was fantastic.
I was kept guessing throughout and while some individuals I loved others were too horrible for words.
The husband Callum for one, how could you be married for so many years and not realise what someone's true heart is, well there are no words for his sort of behaviour, horrid individual.
And also the friend's daughter Rain think her name was, I have teenagers and thank god none of mine are as awful and precocious as her.
Couldn't stand her.
The reunion will get the cogs in your brain moving and it threw so many red herrings around I thought I was fishing.
It kept me guessing throughout. and I can honestly say I was shocked when the outcome was finally revealed.
So this was excellently written and my only criticisms was the point I mentioned earlier about too many voices and also I would have liked to have seen a certain someone brought to task for there actions.
So I felt this lacked that all-important ingredient closure.
Over than that this was a win-win for me that I am happy to recommend.
This was an exciting seat of your pants read that I highly recommend.
I was provided with an ARC of "The Reunion" By Netgalley of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.



Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm.
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com ( )

🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2 STARS
ARC-Review
Release Date-9/2/18

So The Reunion by Samantha Hayes, what a ride this was.
This is one of those books that once you start there's no getting off and I loved this tale so much.
So the Reunion tells the story of thirteen year old Lenni going missing, the year is 1996 and Claire allows her little sister to go off and buy ice-cream alone.
If you think that's a bit old to be supervised, Lenny herself is described as special, so I think she obviously has some degree of learning difficulties.
Lenny vanishes and despite a police investigation, there's not a trace of her to be found.
So fast forward a few years, 2017 to be precise and Claire is now married with two children and living next door to her parents.
A successful realtor married to a neurosurgeon her life is going well,
On account of her fathers, Altzheimer's Claire decides to have a reunion of the old gang who saw her dad as a father figure growing up.
This is where it gets fun, and I can reveal without it being a spoiler that Lenny is alive.
This book is told from a lot of peoples POV one of them being Lenny.
In fact, this is the reason I removed half a star, I thought there was maybe too many voices and I would have been satisfied with just Claire and Lenny, I believe that was actually overkill.
sometimes less is more.
But that's only a small issue and the rest of this experience was fantastic.
I was kept guessing throughout and while some individuals I loved others were too horrible for words.
The husband Callum for one, how could you be married for so many years and not realise what someone's true heart is, well there are no words for his sort of behaviour, horrid individual.
And also the friend's daughter Rain think her name was, I have teenagers and thank god none of mine are as awful and precocious as her.
Couldn't stand her.
The reunion will get the cogs in your brain moving and it threw so many red herrings around I thought I was fishing.
It kept me guessing throughout. and I can honestly say I was shocked when the outcome was finally revealed.
So this was excellently written and my only criticisms was the point I mentioned earlier about too many voices and also I would have liked to have seen a certain someone brought to task for there actions.
So I felt this lacked that all-important ingredient closure.
Over than that this was a win-win for me that I am happy to recommend.
This was an exciting seat of your pants read that I highly recommend.
I was provided with an ARC of "The Reunion" By Netgalley of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.



Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm.
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com ( )

In charge of her little sister at the beach, Claire allowed Eleanor to go for an ice cream and she never comes back. Twenty one years later Claire arranges a reunion at her family home and another girl goes missing.

I have read many books by Samantha Hayes and have enjoyed them so was looking forward to this one. I really am on the fence whether I enjoyed it or not.

The story was interesting and very easy to read. I was racing through really wanting to know the why's and why nots. The story was plausible but at times didn't ring true. I don't want to say what my big question is and why it didn't make sense as it would be a big spoiler.

The whole idea of getting all theses people together for this reunion with secrets that will come out at times reminded me of an 'Agatha Christie' style crime, people together, but which one was it.

Overall an enjoyable read at times, other times I was frustrated especially with the big reveal. Not a massive twist but things become clear as everything is explained. An average read for me. ( )