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[close] I Let You Go by Clare MacKintosh
4★'s

What's It About?
In a split second, Jenna Gray's world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to walk away from everything she knows to start afresh. Desperate to escape, Jenna moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast, but she is haunted by her fears, her grief and her memories of a cruel November night that changed her life forever.

Slowly, Jenna begins to glimpse the potential for happiness in her future. But her past is about to catch up with her, and the consequences will be devastating .

What Did I Think?
I thought it was an outstanding plot, well written and genuinely shocking. A hit-and-run accident (???) kills a 5-year-old Jacob. The driver of the car drives away without stopping as his horror stricken mother watches. “It happened so quickly. . . . I only let go for a second.” Every parents worse nightmare is what Jenna is forced to live over and over even after escaping to Wales.

MacKintosh shifts the point of view throughout the book. Was she a bad mother? Why didn't any other witnesses come forward? Why aren't the police finding any leads? These and many other questions combine to make a chilling story that is well worth the reading time.