The Darkest Corners

By: Kara Thomas

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie

"Gripping from start to finish . . . with twists that left me shocked."—Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen

For fans of Gillian Flynn and Pretty Little Liars, The Darkest Corners is a psychological thriller about the lies little girls tell, and the deadly truths those lies become.

There are secrets around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about what happened there that last summer.
She and her childhood best friend Callie never talked about what they saw. Not before the trial. And certainly not after.
But ever since she left, Tessa has had questions. Things have never quite added up. And now she has to go back to Fayette—to Wyatt Stokes, sitting on death row; to Lori Cawley, Callie’s dead cousin; and to the one other person who may be hiding the truth.
Only the closer Tessa gets to what really happened, the closer she gets to a killer—and this time, it won’t be so easy to run away.

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worth the read

The story starts out slow but the end has so many twists! Keep listening, the end is worth it if you can get through the first half.

Couldn't stop listening

Loved it. Honestly couldn't stop listening to this book. It's been hard for me to make it through a book latley but this one had me hooked from the start.

Great Read

Great read with a lot of story lines but flowed well and surprises throughout which I usually don’t get!

Nonstop mystery

Grade: A-

Recent high school graduate, Tessa is reluctantly back from Florida, back to the podunk Pennsylvania town she'd rather forget, back to say goodbye to her dying father. She's staying with her ex-best friend's family. She hasn't spoken to Callie since moving to south after both girls testified to witnessing an abduction turned murder when they were eight, ten years ago. But, Tessa has secrets and she fears the wrong man is on death row.

I’ve read THE DARKEST CORNERS a few times. The twists and turns kept me hooked. Kara Thomas gave Tessa a believable, authentic voice of a young woman abandoned by choices her parents made, reluctant to trust, fueled by her desire to find her sister.

Tessa came by her distrust and bitterness with good cause, but I didn't like how both she and Callie lied often when unnecessary. I don't remember either girl showing a kindness toward anyone, and at times they acted thoughtlessly. The characters dripped hopelessness and despair.

THEMES: murder, prison, family, parents, siblings, friendship, mystery

THE DARKEST CORNERS is an interesting mystery with an ending that left me stunned.

ETA: I enjoyed the audiobook narration.

Held my attention.

I liked the story enough to listen to the whole thing in one road trip. And had to sit in the car the last 10 mins to finish it up once I arrived at my final destination. It's no Girl on the Train but it was 👍🏻👍🏻 I'm actually really tired of people comparing books to that one so ironic.