When
I read the description of Girl in Snow, I figured it
was just another small town murder mystery, where the homecoming
queen ends up dead in a ditch and we slowly find out that her perfect
life was not that perfect after all…
I
could not have been more wrong. When a beloved high schooler named
Lucinda is found dead with a cracked skull on a carousel (which is
much creepier than your average ditch), no one in her sleepy Colorado
suburb is untouched. There is Cameron, the boy who was madly in
love (or rather obsessed) with her. Jade, the girl who hated her, but
also wanted to be her. And Russ, a police officer with a questionable
past.
Author
Danya Kukafka does an amazing job of going back and forth between the
perspectives of these three characters. Switching perspectives can be
confusing, but Kukafka does it so seamlessly that it feels completely
natural. The three different voices make the story incredibly vivid,
and offer a level of insight that would have been lost with a single
narrator. In short Girl in Snow is a solid character
study that disguises itself as a murder mystery and explores
the way death and grief affect a small town.
I
won't recommend this if you are looking for a fast paced thriller that you won't be able to put down. But if you are in the
mood for something a little deeper, that focusses on characters
instead of clues, then give Girl in Snow a chance. You
won't regret it.
Girl in Snow hits the shelves on August 1
Peace,
Love and Lobsters
Laura
Special
thanks to Simon & Schuster for providing me with an advance copy of
Girl in Snow
