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The Roanoke Girls

Amy Engel

Start date: September 2, 2017

Finish date: September 30, 2017

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May 24, 2018 Lesa Divine rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2018, read-it, library

Nothing thrilling about this. Only mystery about it is discovering what happened to Lane cousin and discovering things about all the recent Roanoke girls. But as I kept reading I figured out everything before it's revealed.
Weird family secrets.
Nothing to brag out just Lane meeting her grandparents and cousin after her mother killed herself.
Predictable to me. I never connected with any character.
2 🌟. Sorry didn't see anything to brag about with this one. I need more thriller more mystery, more ...more

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Aug 06, 2020 Trisha rated it did not like it

"It's the secret of all the Roanoke girls," she said. "It's what makes us special."

The writing was okay, the characters were interesting, even the plot - trying to find her cousin - was interesting. but the rest....was just too gross. It's an awful twist, one that is nearly beat over your head very very early on. You just read each chapter knowing without any character fully admitting all the horrible truth of it. And it just tainted the whole story for me, made it hard to pick the book back up. ...more

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