{"id":8201,"date":"2019-10-15T07:30:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=8201"},"modified":"2019-10-15T07:30:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:30:39","slug":"because-youre-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=8201","title":{"rendered":"****Because You’re Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Rea Frey \u2013 In Rea Frey\u2019s compassionate new psychological thriller, Lee is a single mom living near Nashville with a seven-year-old son who\u2019s on the spectrum, and her life isn\u2019t easy. She has a couple of things going for her. She has a circle of three good friends, especially her closest friend Grace who\u2019s one of the few people her son Mason is fond of. Mason\u2019s handsome, dedicated occupational therapist Noah is helping him with his small and large motor skills as well as channeling and challenging his amazing intellectual capacity. And, Lee works from home, with a hair styling studio in her garage, which means she\u2019s always close at hand, just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the book\u2019s prologue, you learn a woman took a nighttime mountain hike and that it ends tragically. No spoiler here: the first words of the book are \u201cShe is going to die.\u201d But you aren\u2019t sure which \u201cshe\u201d took that fatal tumble. The first chapter rewinds the story to a week before the mountain outing and fills in the missing pieces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the women friends suggests a getaway for the four of them in the North Carolina mountains, and Grace thinks the mountain mini-vacation will be the perfect time to tell Lee some important news, which she does. There\u2019s considerable fallout from this revelation, and an even deeper exploration of how Lee and Grace became the adults they are. While Grace has been preoccupied with her secrets, those that Lee hides are much deeper and more dangerous. Maybe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the mountains, the secrets start tumbling out and she\u2014the\nambiguous she from the prologue\u2014dies. But that\u2019s not the end of the story,\nthere are layers and layers yet to come, a past to be excavated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just when you think you understand this story and the roles of the players on the board, Frey produces another surprise from her characters\u2019 pasts that suggest a totally different dynamic at play. Nor does she tie the ending up with a too-neat bow. An excellent read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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