Depending On You by Jessica Aiken-Hall – Review by Roxsanne Lesieur.

Depending On YouDepending On You by Jessica Aiken-Hall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Cate Silver and Patti Thomas have been the best of friends since the day they first met at school up, they were as close as sisters and told each other everything, but over the years since Patti left and never returned, they have drifted apart so much that now they only see each other once every couple of years, all because of one night twenty years before. On that night, Cate killed a man and she has lived with this secret ever since and it has been tearing her apart, so when the case is reopened Cate is struggling, so she does what she always does and talks to Patti. As soon as she hears the news Patti senses that she is needed, so she packs a bag and immediately sets off back to her hometown of Vermont to support Cate, but Patti has secrets of her own and she is hoping that they won’t come out of the woodwork and into the light of day.

As soon as Cate sees Patti, she falls apart and is a mess of emotion and Patti realises just how much keeping this secret has affected Cate and how she has kept herself separate from the world because she feels that she is undeserving of happiness thanks to what she has done and when she confesses that the only way she sees to end her nightmare is to confess to the crime and trade the small amount of freedom she has so that the truth can finally come out. Meanwhile Patti is trying to convince her that there is no evidence and that all she has to do is wait and see what happens, which Cate agrees to, albeit reluctantly, however, as evidence does come to the fore, Patti and Cate have to decide what their future holds for them.

Can Patti and Cate’s once in a lifetime friendship survive this turbulent time as they decide whether to reopen the old wounds surrounding that night, or repeat their past and run away again as this murder is revisited. This is a story chock full of twists and turns which will leave you dizzy as you spin along on the current sweeping around this friendship, but will the current sweep everything away, or just stream along by?

Reviewed by @roxsannel

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