Books from the Backlog #136

 

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This is a fun meme hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books!

Lana used to know what was real.

That was before, when her life was small and quiet.

Her golden stepbrother, Ben, was alive.

She could only dream about bonfiring with the populars.

Their wooded island home was idyllic, she could tell the truth from lies, and Ben’s childhood stories were firmly in her imagination.

Then came after.

After has Lana boldly kissing her crush, jumping into the water from too high up, living with nerve and mischief.

But after also has horrors, deaths that only make sense in fairy tales, and terrors from a past Lana thought long forgotten: Love, blood, and murder.

I added Alexandra Sirowy's The Telling to my TBR pile in August of 2016 when it first came out! I enjoyed her first book so naturally I added this to my TBR! It sounded mysterious and creepy and perfect! Now nearly 9 years later I am seeing that it's being reprinted with a new cover and I am just like, omg, I am so behind! Hopefully I will read it sometime soon...maybe before it releases...but I'd have to locate it in the massive TBR pile somewhere! Lol.