Ellis Harkington arrives in Gamin, Maine, with no memory of her life prior to arriving on the train. The people around her claim to be her friends, saying she just needs to rest and that all her memories will return to her eventually. However, Ellis senses something is amiss. Will Ellis remember what she has forgotten in time to save herself?
We are gradually introduced to a society calling themselves the Nightbirds, where every potential ally for Ellis appears to have some sort of underlying motivation for befriending her. Tracy and Laura Hickman's beautiful writing style takes readers into the heart of a mystery as we wonder what exactly Ellis has forgotten and why everyone around her is so odd. The ties to the ship and the paisley phantom are intriguing but it takes the plot far too long to develop to adequately hold my attention; it was far too easy for me to put UNWEPT down and do something else.
UNWEPT is the first book in The Nightbirds series and has a lot of potential. Unfortunately, it's just not my cup of tea at all as the story seems to meander along, never really picking up steam until we get to a very stunning conclusion- one that almost makes me want to read the second book. Perhaps other readers will appreciate UNWEPT more as Tracy and Laura Hickman's writing style is quite lyrical and they have a gift for building a mysterious and quite foreboding ambiance.
Unwept -- the beginning of a spellbinding new trilogy by
Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman bestselling co-creators of
Dragonlance and Ravenloft
Gamin, Maine, is a remote seaside town where everyone
seems to know Ellis Harkington better than she knows
herselfβbut she doesnβt remember any of them.
Unknown events have robbed Ellis of her memory. Concerned
individuals, who claim to be friends and loved ones,
insist that she simply needs to recuperate, and that her
memories may return in time. But, for her own sakeβso they
claimβthey refuse to divulge what has brought her to this
state.
Ellis finds herself adrift in a town of ominous mysteries,
cryptic hints, and disturbingly familiar strangers. The
Nightbirds, a clique of fashionable young men and women,
claim her as one of their own, but who can she truly
trust? And what of the phantom suitor who visits her in
her dreams? Is he a memory, a figment of her imagination,
or a living nightmare beyond rational explanation? Only
her lost past holds the answers she seeksβif she can
uncover its secrets before she falls prey to an unearthly
killer.
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