The Family Plot by Megan Collins Book Review

 

I was fortunate enough to have won this ARE via an Instagram giveaway hosted by Ms. Collins.

The Lighthouse family is not your typical family. The mom decided to homeschool her children, sheltering them from the folks on Blackburn Island, thinking that her truth would not come to the attention of her children. She lied to them for many, many years. The dad was a seemingly normal dad who taught his sons, Charlie and Andy, how to hunt, how to appreciate nature. The groundskeeper, Fritz as he was called, is an important character to his story who has a secret of his own that lends to the telling of this tale. Tate is the older sister who is an Instagrammer, obsessed with the telling of murders through dioramas, the reason behind her obsession becomes clear as you read this tale of family tragedy. There is Dahlia who is Andy’s twin who only wants to find out the truth and learns that she has a lot to learn and to forgive. There is Ruby who was Andy’s friend, unbeknownst to anyone. There is Greta who is Dahlia’s friend and who is portrayed as being a true friend in every sense of the word. And, there is Lyle Decker, who is Ruby’s grandfather. He plays a minor role in the telling of this tale, but an important one.

I absolutely love reading this kind of book and devoured this one in two days. It is twisty. It is dark. It is about a family who has some secrets that are revealed throughout. It is written in such a way that the reader will think the bad guy is one person only to find out it could possibly be one of the other characters. If you have not grabbed a copy of this book, or don’t have it on your list of must reads, I highly encourage you to grab a copy when it is published in August 2021.