Jar of Hearts

Genre: Thriller / Mystery / Psychological Thriller / Suspense

Book Type: Physical

Author: Jennifer Hillier

Pages: 320

Publisher: PublisherMinotaur Books (June 12, 2018)

Book Description:

This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who’s been searching for the truth all these years . . .

When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong―one of the most popular girls in school―disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school.

But fourteen years later, Angela Wong’s remains are discovered in the woods near Geo’s childhood home. And Kaiser―now a detective with Seattle PD―finally learns the truth: Angela was a victim of Calvin James. The same Calvin James who murdered at least three other women.

To the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer. But to Geo, he’s something else entirely. Back in high school, Calvin was Geo’s first love. Turbulent and often volatile, their relationship bordered on obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed.

For fourteen years, Geo knew what happened to Angela and told no one. For fourteen years, she carried the secret of Angela’s death until Geo was arrested and sent to prison.

While everyone thinks they finally know the truth, there are dark secrets buried deep. And what happened that fateful night is more complex and more chilling than anyone really knows. Now the obsessive past catches up with the deadly present when new bodies begin to turn up, killed in the exact same manner as Angela Wong.

How far will someone go to bury her secrets and hide her grief? How long can you get away with a lie? How long can you live with it? Find out in Jennifer Hillier’s Jar of Hearts.

Thoughts:

Words to describe this book: suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, dark, twisted, controlling, and fast-paced are just a few. This book is full of teenage drama that takes a dramatic turn and changes who Geo used to be.

I loved this being written in both present and past tense, while also being broken into the Five Stages of Grief. It was extremely descriptive, which made you feel part of the story, but at points was “hard” to read as it was written so well. (I know – that sounds odd, but if you read it, you will understand what I mean.)

While I greatly enjoyed the pace and description in this book, there was some parts that were slightly unbelievable to me that caused the 1/2 star drop, as I really think everything worked in this book. There were some shocking twists and surprises that had my head spinning, and overall, when I finished this book I thought to myself, “Oh my goodness, what in the world did I just read?!” It was a great thriller, and I recommend this book!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫