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What if everything you know about the worst night of your life turns out not to be true? Nine years ago, with the world's eyes on her, Charlie Colbert fled. The press and the police called Charlie a "witness" to the nightmarish events at her elite graduate school on Christmas Eve—events known to the public as "Scarlet Christmas"—though Charlie knows she was much more than that. Now, Charlie has meticulously rebuilt her life: She's the editor-in-chief of a major magazine, engaged to the golden child of the publishing industry, and hell-bent on never, ever letting her guard down again. But when a buzzy film made by one of Charlie's former classmates threatens to shatter everything she's worked for, Charlie realizes how much she's changed in nine years. Now, she's not going to let anything—not even the people she once loved most—get in her way.
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This book was such a pleasant surprise. I was intrigued by the title and immediately got sucked it. Alluding to a terrible tragedy with the survivor unsure of her own memories, as a reader you're never left with a dull moment. You're by her side while she deals with PTSD and attempting to move forward, afraid of elevators and never letting her guard down, even when she's with her fiance. Not every author can write anxiety well, sometimes as a reader you're left frustrated, struggling to identify with the protagonist and what they're going through. That's not the case with this book. There were moments when my own heart was pounding. By the end of the book I felt like crying as Charlie worked to unwind what happened that night. I could see the events perfectly in my head (and would love to see this onscreen in some way).There were several twists I did not see coming that I loved. This book was the type that you put down and tell everyone about, which is what I'm doing here. You won't regret giving Charlie, and Jenny Hollander, your free time.
This book is held together with spit and a prayer and falls apart like a cheap house of cards by the end.