Cryer’s Cross
by Lisa McMann
by Lisa McMann
Pages: 233
My rating: A-
Goodreads synopsis: The community of Cryer’s Cross, Montana (population 212) is distraught when high school freshman Tiffany disappears without a trace. Already off-balance due to her OCD, 16-year-old Kendall is freaked out seeing Tiffany’s empty desk in the one-room school house, but somehow life goes on… until Kendall’s boyfriend Nico also disappears, and also without a trace. Now the town is in a panic. Alone in her depression and with her OCD at an all-time high, Kendall notices something that connects Nico and Tiffany: they both sat at the same desk. She knows it’s crazy, but Kendall finds herself drawn to the desk, dreaming of Nico and wondering if maybe she, too, will disappear…and whether that would be so bad. Then she begins receiving graffiti messages on the desk from someone who can only be Nico. Can he possibly be alive somewhere? Where is he? And how can Kendall help him? The only person who believes her is Jacian, the new guy she finds irritating…and attractive. As Kendall and Jacian grow closer, Kendall digs deeper into Nico’s mysterious disappearance only to stumble upon some ugly—and deadly—local history. Kendall is about to find out just how far the townspeople will go to keep their secrets buried.
My thoughts: I am such a huge Lisa McMann fan and loved her Wake trilogy so much that I was really looking forward to this book. It was really fun and a nice, quick read, but it left me wanting more. I guess I didn’t feel connected enough to the characters and felt like I needed an extension with them. That said, the mystery aspect of the story was really fun. This didn’t live up to her previous novels, but it’s still worth your time.