Thank you to Netgalley and Celadon Books for my advance copy of Saint X in exchange for my honest review! (Yes, another delayed review, my apologies, but I’m working through them all!!!)
Saint X is a PERFECT summer read, that is if you’re into thrillers (and I am very much am). It starts off with us realizing that a summer vacation went horribly wrong. It is every parents’ nightmare. You go on vacation with your 2 children and only come home with 1.
Claire is seven years old when her family is turned upside down. She has theories about what happened and goes through life being neglected by her parents. Since her sister, Alison, went missing on a resort island, the local authorities are not interested in looking any further into her disappearance aside from, she drank and got lost.
When her body turns up they close the case and say, she fell and died. They did not seek out if anyone intentionally harmed her, despite the family pleas.
Claire grows up and makes her way to New York City where she runs into one of the men she believed killed her sister. This is where the book takes us on turns, flipping timelines from present to past. The story builds and builds and yes, my book ends in my favorite way…with undisputed closure.
4 stars. SOLID read, great thriller. I enjoyed the mystery of guessing how she died. We have enough to have our own suspicions and then to get that closure, oh that was the chef’s kiss! It was a fun, fast paced read. Great to read at the beach or next to the pool! Just don’t go wandering off anywhere with people you don’t know…
Title: Saint X
Author: Alexis Schaitkin
Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
Publisher: Celadon Books
Release Date: February 18, 2020
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