Fast-paced and gripping with twists around every corner, Have You Seen Her? by Dea Poirier is one of those books that’s hard to put down because everything about this book is spectacular.
About the Book
“Have you heard from Eviana?” Simon’s voice is shaky. “She went for a walk this afternoon and she never came back.”
My heart seizes in my chest, an invisible fist clenching it tight. Five days ago, my sister told me she was going to die. And now she’s missing.
My sister Eviana has it all – a wonderful husband, a beautiful home and a successful career.
Then one day, she disappears into thin air.
Scratching beneath the surface of her picture-perfect life, I discover that everything isn’t quite as wonderful as it seems. Eviana was receiving threatening messages. She was hiding something.
Something with deadly consequences.
I get the feeling that Simon knows more than he’s admitting. But then again, so do I. Because my sister and I have a secret. A secret so dark we have kept it hidden all our lives.
And if anyone finds out, it will destroy everything.
My Review
Blair thought her estranged sister Eviana was dying of cancer, but now she’s just missing. Back in Seattle from Orlando where she learned the news, she gets a series of phone calls from a number she doesn’t recognize. It turns out to be her brother-in-law Simon, whom she’s never met. He wants to know if she’s been in touch with Eviana. She went for a walk and never returned. He implores Blair to help find her.
Her husband refuses to involve the police. Blair missed meeting Simon during her original trip. But as she returns to Orlando at his behest, she realizes he never knew she was there. He also doesn’t know — or doesn’t care — that his wife has terminal cancer. Blair can’t figure him out, but she could also never figure out her beautiful, smart, sickening sister either. But when he refuses to call the cops to report Eviana missing, she starts to wonder what he’s hiding.
Her sister’s a social media influencer with millions of followers. Eviana received hate messages and threats regularly. Anything could have happened to her. However, Simon is adamant that she’ll come back eventually. Going to the police would garner media attention which could damage her brand once she returns. He’s not worried if his wife’s okay — or even alive. He’s only concerned with keeping her followers in the dark by posing and posting as his wife on Social Media.
Blair would go the police herself if she could. As Simon flips from saccharine sweet to enraged and violent, she increasingly believes he’s somehow involved in her sister’s disappearance. She also knows she should go to the police, but she can’t. She and Eviana share a horrible secret. If the police looked into her past, it would completely destroy her life.
There’s never been any love lost between Blair and Eviana. Even so, Blair’s determined to uncover what happened. She’s always been jealous and contemptuous over her sister’s seemingly perfect life. But as she starts to talk to Eviana’s friends and digs into her posts, she discovers it was nothing but a huge lie. It makes her more resolved than ever to find out the truth. What happened to her sister? Where in the heck is Eviana?
Fast-paced and gripping with twists around every corner, Have You Seen Her? by Dea Poirier is one of those books that’s hard to put down because everything about this book is spectacular. There isn’t a hair out of place — unless it’s the ones standing on end from a few of the characters. It’s a thrilling tale of toxic relationships and deadly secrets, of lies and deceit. In a world in which people post about every minute of their lives on social media, this book’s a reminder that everything is not always what it seems. What is framed as perfection online might be a nightmare in reality.
Told from Blair’s perspective, Have You Seen Her? is so well written that you’ll forget that Blair’s a character and not the author. The story alternates between the present-day and Blair’s childhood, starting when she’s ten through part of her college years. Few and far between at first, the flashbacks get more frequent in the second half of the book when Blair’s secret is finally revealed. It’ll change the way you see Eviana’s disappearance. However, it will in no way prepare you for what goes down in the mind-boggling conclusion. You’ll kick yourself for not seeing it coming, though. The clues were there all along, no matter how subtle.
Pick this book up. You won’t regret it. Plus, it’s almost a sure bet. If you pick it up, you won’t be able to put it down.
Thank you to Bookouture and Dea Poirer for the complimentary eARC and including me on the blog tour.
About the Author
Dea (D.H) Poirier is the author of NEXT GIRL TO DIE, which hit #1 in the Amazon charts and the bestselling thriller FIND ME IN THE DARK. She was raised in Edmond, Oklahoma, where she got her start writing in creative writing courses. She attended The University of Central Oklahoma for Computer Science. Later, she spent time living on both coasts, and traveling the United States, before finally putting down roots in Central Florida. She now resides somewhere between Disney and the swamp.
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