On Sale Date: August 28th 2018
Pages: 364
Age Range: Young Adult
Vera's twin sister Ava disappeared twelve years ago during a Halloween night. It totally crashed her family and the Northern California town community they lived in. Nothing was ever found of heard again from Ava, a lot of searches and investigations happened, but only resulted in vague tips, leads, theories and news headlines, but never in any result of finding her back.
Vera is going to college after the summer in Oregon. This is something she is really looking forward to, as she wants to leave all the things that happened around Ava's disappearance behind and move on with her life.But then her parents get a call from a local hospital; there is a girl there named Ava Rivers who got parts of her memory back, and all she wants is to go home...
Where was Ava all these years, and how did she return? During the first weeks, Vera and her family learn more about this, and everything seems to heal a little bit. But then something shocking happens that no one expected..
The Second Live of Ava Rivers is a good read. It is very well written and Ireally liked the storyline and the characters in it. It is somewhat of a mystery, but most of all it is a family drama. Vera was just a very likeable main character, she stays just very kind and keeps her head cool in the dysfunctional mess her family has become since Ava's missing. Her brother is living far away and became somewhat of a druggie, while her dad has landed in a serious depression that makes him to never leave the house and even the basement of their family house that he never leaves. When Ava returns, she has been locked away in a cellar for years by a creep, she looks the world in wonder what she all missed.
And then, in the end part of the sudden plot twist happened. As a reader, you totally can't see this one coming, and it turns everything her Vera and her parents believed in for the past months since Ava's return upside down. I though this was written and worked out very well and I love the unexpectedness of it.
All together this is a very moving read with a very surprising end!
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