What would you do if the lives of two children and two dogs were totally dependent on you. And you are stuck in the middle of a raging forest fire. And you are on top a mountain and said fire is heading straight for you. And the children are not even yours. Could you make the decisions that would help these children and yourself escape alive. Would you want to give up and let the smoke fill you and lay down to just give up.
Kat went to a cottage in the Appalachian mountains to get away for a month. To think about her future and what she wants to do. She has already been through a lot with cancer. Having had breast cancer, having her breasts removed and gone through the horrible treatments that go along with cancer. Can she do it again for her daughter. For herself. It’s why she is there. Her daughter brings her a dog to keep her company and two other adults lower down the mountain visit with their children. One man, Scott and his daughter, Lily, are spending their time together on vacation. He has plans for them and he is somewhat judgmental toward others. His daughter is only 12 and loves meeting Kat’s dog. Then there is Malcolm who is there with his adopted son, Nirav. Nirav lost his parents in a fire of a different kind.
Kat has to make some very serious choices in this book. Some that will either save her, the children, and the dogs. Or they may not make it at all. She does not feel adequate in her choices. She’s not sure what she is doing is the right thing. The whole area is burning wildly around them and it seems hopeless. They don’t even know if anyone is going to come try to save them.
This book will make you feel actual pain. Not just pain in your heart, or tears in your eyes and believe me there are plenty of tears shed, but physical pain. The descriptions in this story take you right in the middle of everything. You feel all the things that these people feel. It describes in very good detail what happens and all the fears each character goes through. It’s so realistic I actually held my breathe and cringed in many many places.
Will everyone make it out alive. That is the ultimate question. Will they be ok if they do make it out. Will the father’s of the two children blame Kat for the choices she makes. This is a story of such intense feelings you will truly feel the fire’s heat. The pain when something happens to one of them. The sadness when they are sad. The hopelessness that is felt. The many many fears of all the adults.
This is a book that you won’t be able to put down until you know how it’s going to play out. How it’s going to end. It’s so realistic. This author did a wonderful job of writing her debut novel. I can’t wait to read more by her.
Thank you to #NetGalley, #Rebecca Hodge, #Crooked Lane Books for this eARC. This is my own true review.
I gave it 5 stars and highly recommend it to everyone I know. It’s a great book. It’s an edge of your seat book. Not a thriller but not exactly a mystery either. It’s just a story of three families who get caught up in Mother Nature in the worse way.
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