Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan

Unspoken (Lynburn Legacy, #1)

by Sarah Rees Brennan

Kami Glass is in love with someone she's never met - a boy the rest of the world is convinced is imaginary. This has made her an outsider in the sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale, but she doesn't complain. She runs the school newspaper and keeps to herself for the most part - until disturbing events begin to happen. There has been screaming in the woods and the dark, abandoned manor on the hill overlooking the town has lit up for the first time in 10 years. The Lynburn family, who ruled the town a generation ago and who all left without warning, have returned. As Kami starts to investigate for the paper, she finds out that the town she has loved all her life is hiding a multitude of secrets- and a murderer- and the key to it all just might be the boy in her head. The boy who everyone thought was imaginary may be real...and he may be dangerous.

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This was a very enjoyable story of a half-Japanese girl in the small English village of Sorry-in-the-Vale. She starts a school newsletter and is curious about the Lynburn family who were prominent in the village. Rumour has it that some of them have returned and some of them to the school too.

Also, all her life, Kami has had a dialogue in her head with a boy. She believes he's imaginary, but actually he's one of the Lynburns. Jared is a bad boy with bad attitude and everyone seems to distrust him. Kami starts to investigate the Lynburns and her life will never be the same again.

I had some ideas about what was going on, it is very reminiscent of gothic novels and I've read a fair few over the years. The characters were quite well drawn and I enjoyed the read, the only thing I didn't like is the cliffhanger at the end. I wanted to know NOW what happens next.

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