Stephanie
Written on Mar 20, 2017
Although, I have heard that Savage's other title, "After the Woods" is far better. Willing to give it another shot.
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After two teenage sisters, Mira and Francesca, drown themselves in a neighbourhood quarry, their next-door neighbour Ben receives post-mortem letters from Mira. This letter challenges Ben to track down the hidden, cryptic notes hidden in seven places alluding to where the two secretly touched. As Ben uncovers each note, he starts to unravel the hidden lies and secrets that these girls kept, and just how complicated their bonds with the outside world were.
The quarry had absorbed the girls, delivering them to a place where they would remain untouched by hands, and unbroken by hearts.
Was death a germ you could catch
Here's what we learned: when you touch things, they can break.
Mira loved him for the damage inflicted on him, the kind of damage that her touch might heal
"You broke us!" it shrieked. "Every single one of you broke us!"