DNF Review | Where the Darkness Goes by Kiersten Modglin

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Where the Darkness Goes by Kiersten Modglin

Released October 2024

Source: Library Borrow

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I guess this a romance with a hint of mystery, but I may never know because I am calling it quits at the 60% mark. It's irritating me and it's boring me, and I just can't do this anymore. I don't give a cat's bum who killed who or who is going to get killed. Perhaps they'll both get it, and I'll miss out, but I can't be bothered.

I listened on audio and the modern timeline/teen timeline kept throwing me. Now that I've read a little bit further, I'm pretty sure it's because they still think like horny teens in the modern time.

The romance is so cheesy/cliche and not in an entertaining way. Sometimes cheesy is super fun but this one felt lazy.

"She smells sweet like coconut and tastes like heaven.”

"I remember what you like, my good girl."

Maybe all the darkness has moved into my heart but, ffs, I cannot do it for another moment.

Zero chemistry = A snoozefest. And this is where this book and I part ways forevermore.

I borrowed this book from my library. Visit your library (or the Libby app) this week and every week!

Final Rating: DNF

Publisher Plot Synopsis 

Tessa Becker has several reasons to never return to her hometown:

She will have to face the man who shattered her heart.

She is terrified to confront her ailing mother’s condition.

That is where the murders happened.

Tessa Becker must return home for one reason and one reason alone:

Someone else is dead and it’s time to finally learn the truth.

Ever since the first murder, Tessa’s once charming and safe hometown has been infected with suspicion and fear. Back then accusations were made in whispers, but without proof, the killer still walks free. And now it’s possible they’ve struck again.

If things weren’t complicated enough, Tessa finds herself forced to stay with the one man she had hoped to avoid. Years ago, Garrett Campbell held her heart until he crushed it. Now, he’s a stranger. He’s also her brother’s best friend.

In an all-too-familiar place filled with secrets and devastating loss—surrounded by people and memories she’d rather forget—Tessa will have to discover the truth about what happened back then, and the threat it poses to the town and the ones she loves most before it’s too late.