The Perfect Stranger by Megan MirandaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Omg,This story is so twisty and fiendishly plotted,it really,genuinely messes with your head.When I finished reading it I was totally blown away and confused.
Failed Journalist Leah Steven's life has hit rock bottom when she runs into her old friend Emmy Grey in a bar in Boston.Emmy has just broken up with her boyfriend and because both women want to get away from Boston suggests that she and Leah move to rural Pennsilvania and start their lives anew.All is going well until a woman who bears a uncanny resemblance to Leah is assaulted and left for dead and Emmy disappears days later.Leah is determined to find Emmy but as she and Detective Kyle Donovan begin to look into Emmys background Leah begins to wonder if she really knew Emmy at all.When the police can find no trace of any family,friends or a digital footprint they begin to suspect that there is no Emmy Grey.To discover the truth Leah must revist her past,confront her own demons and find out who if anyone she can trust.The only problem is how can you uncover the truth when you are busy hiding your own?
This twisty take is voiced by Leah in the first person,she is a very complex character who I had my doubts about all the way through the book.She is obviously very clever especially when it came down to getting people to talk to her but she also could become a bit obsessive and jumped to conclusions a lot without thinking about the consequences of her actions until afterwards.Kyle the cop seems to blow hot and cold a lot both about his relashionship with Leah and wether he trusted her or not and I often wondered throughout the book if she was wrong putting so much trust in him.Throughout the story Leah explains the reasons why her life was falling apart and also how she and Emmy met and ended up living together eight years before.You only get to know Emmy through Leah and too be honest I don't think Emmy was a real person.I think that she was either all in Leah`s head and Leah was bending the facts to make it look like Emmy really a real live person or that Leah had a split personality.All the characters throughout the book seemed like they were hiding something and were all well thought out and realistic.Any one of a number of characters could have been Leah`s stalker and even when they arrested a person towards the end of the book I was still not 100% certain that they had arrested the right person.
It's a twisty,complex story and I admit I was totally confused when I got to the end.It's the sign of a good story when you are still blown away by it an hour after you have finished the book.I really enjoyed reading All The Missing girls earlier this year and I can honestly say I enjoyed reading The Perfect Stranger just a much,maybe even more and I really look forward to reading more by Megan Miranda in the future.
Many thank to Simon Schuster for a arc of this book via netgalley in exchange for a honest review
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