Title: Leave No Trace
Author: Mindy Mejia
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Mystery
Pages: 319 (Paperback - ARC)
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Publication date: September 4th, 2018
Synopsis from Leave No Trace's Goodreads page
There is a place in Minnesota with hundreds of miles of glacial lakes and untouched forests called the Boundary Waters. Ten years ago a man and his son trekked into this wilderness and never returned.
Search teams found their campsite ravaged by what looked like a bear. They were presumed dead until a decade later...the son appeared. Discovered while ransacking an outfitter store, he was violent and uncommunicative and sent to a psychiatric facility. Maya Stark, the assistant language therapist, is charged with making a connection with their high-profile patient. No matter how she tries, however, he refuses to answer questions about his father or the last ten years of his life
But Maya, who was abandoned by her own mother, has secrets, too. And as she’s drawn closer to this enigmatic boy who is no longer a boy, she’ll risk everything to reunite him with his father who has disappeared from the known world.
Synopsis from Leave No Trace's Goodreads page
There is a place in Minnesota with hundreds of miles of glacial lakes and untouched forests called the Boundary Waters. Ten years ago a man and his son trekked into this wilderness and never returned.
Search teams found their campsite ravaged by what looked like a bear. They were presumed dead until a decade later...the son appeared. Discovered while ransacking an outfitter store, he was violent and uncommunicative and sent to a psychiatric facility. Maya Stark, the assistant language therapist, is charged with making a connection with their high-profile patient. No matter how she tries, however, he refuses to answer questions about his father or the last ten years of his life
But Maya, who was abandoned by her own mother, has secrets, too. And as she’s drawn closer to this enigmatic boy who is no longer a boy, she’ll risk everything to reunite him with his father who has disappeared from the known world.
THOUGHTS
Thank you so much to Simon & Schuster Canada for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
I loved this book! There were so many things that I loved about it.
The main character has loads of piercings and pink hair, which I adore. You don't see colourful characters like that too often, so when I read a book with them, I get super excited about it.
The entire idea of this book is amazing as well - I love the idea of someone who had gone missing years ago randomly showing up, and they seem perfectly content with the way their life was going. It makes you think about what their life was like, what they were going through, and how they lived.
This book had a lot of very small twists and turns that came out of nowhere which I also really like. You never knew what to expect next!
The entire plot was also very well done. The writing was great, the development was wonderful, and the length of the book was perfect - sometimes thrillers are a little too long or a little too short, but I really liked the length of this one - I read it in two sittings (which is the perfect length for me!)
The ending made me feel a lot of emotions as well, both good and bad. The entire book is about the son trying to get back to his father to save him, and (no spoilers!) but it was a fulfilling, but VERY sad ending. However, I couldn't really think of ending it any other way, as the entire book was leading up to it, so I think it captured the book perfectly.
I loved this book! There were so many things that I loved about it.
The main character has loads of piercings and pink hair, which I adore. You don't see colourful characters like that too often, so when I read a book with them, I get super excited about it.
The entire idea of this book is amazing as well - I love the idea of someone who had gone missing years ago randomly showing up, and they seem perfectly content with the way their life was going. It makes you think about what their life was like, what they were going through, and how they lived.
This book had a lot of very small twists and turns that came out of nowhere which I also really like. You never knew what to expect next!
The entire plot was also very well done. The writing was great, the development was wonderful, and the length of the book was perfect - sometimes thrillers are a little too long or a little too short, but I really liked the length of this one - I read it in two sittings (which is the perfect length for me!)
The ending made me feel a lot of emotions as well, both good and bad. The entire book is about the son trying to get back to his father to save him, and (no spoilers!) but it was a fulfilling, but VERY sad ending. However, I couldn't really think of ending it any other way, as the entire book was leading up to it, so I think it captured the book perfectly.
Overall - ★★★★★
