Review: Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris

Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris (June 19, 2018 / St Martin's)

Goodreads Summary: 

Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They’re driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone—never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to the police. But it is not the whole story.

Ten years later Finn is engaged to Layla’s sister, Ellen. Their shared grief over what happened to Layla drew them close and now they intend to remain together. Still, there’s something about Ellen that Finn has never fully understood. His heart wants to believe that she is the one for him...even though a sixth sense tells him not to trust her.

Then, not long before he and Ellen are to be married, Finn gets a phone call. Someone from his past has seen Layla—hiding in plain sight. There are other odd occurrences: Long-lost items from Layla’s past that keep turning up around Finn and Ellen’s house. Emails from strangers who seem to know too much. Secret messages, clues, warnings. If Layla is alive—and on Finn’s trail—what does she want? And how much does she know?

My Review:

WARNING: SPOILERS INCLUDED

I tore through this but I'm not going to sugar coat it...It was unbelievable. As in the true sense of that word--not believable. As I read this novel, I thought that the author was setting up the outcome of Layla and Ellen bing the same person but I thought "no way" because there would be too many flaws in that outcome, so I was kinda shocked and kinda not. The "twist" was just not believable in that there is no way that all the other characters could not tell that Ellen was really Layla and there is absolutely no way Finn would not have known, especially if he was sleeping with her/them. She would have had to have a lot more than long days at the beauty salon, she would have had to have head to toe plastic surgery...and even then I'm doubting it. It's really unfortunate that this book went the direction it did because the pacing and style were great and I was truly on the edge of my seat multiple times.