PENITENCE
Kristin Koval
“We’re only as sick as our secrets.”
AA
It is far more important for you to know who you are, the secrets you keep, the actuality of your intentions than whatever it is other people think they know of you. There is only one mind you can make up, only one reality you must lay down with every night, only one viewpoint you will take with you to the grave.
If life were a movie there would be only one angle, only one shot.
PENITENCE is about a family. Upended and torn apart in the dark recesses of one night. They will never be the same again once the sun rises.
I left the summary pretty vague as I feel the more I leave for you will mean you will have more when you pick up the book. Which you definitely should, pick it up, that is.
The writing is thoughtful and the questions asked are amazing, the emotions felt were completely and layered. I was left at several points in the material to ponder how I felt. To reassess my judgments and to reevaluate where I stand.
The predicament our characters face is not one you would want to face in real life. One of the most important ways we grow when we read is that we are given the opportunity to experience life in someone else’s shoes without having to put them on. We are given the benefit of empathy for what the characters in the book are going through. And it reminds us that everyone whether loudly and publicly or quietly and internally, is facing battles that are not always visible from the outside.
I enjoyed this book immensely and I am blown away that this was a debut novel.
Thanks to Netgalley and Celadon Books for the advanced copy!
PENITENCE…⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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