The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall

Synopsis:

A ghost haunting her boarding school uncovers a teen girl’s best kept secrets in the Queen of Scream’s deliciously terrifying new novel.

Everyone has heard the story of the Narrow. The river that runs behind the Atwood School is only a few feet across and seemingly placid, but beneath the surface, the waters are deep and vicious. It’s said that no one who has fallen in has ever survived.

Eden White knows that isn’t true. Six years ago, she saw Delphine Fournier fall into the Narrow—and live.

Delphine now lives in careful isolation, sealed off from the world. Even a single drop of unpurified water could be deadly to her, and no one but Eden has any idea why. Eden has never told anyone what she saw or spoken to Delphine since, but now, unable to cover her tuition, she has to make a her expenses will be paid in return for serving as a live-in companion to Delphine.

Eden finds herself drawn to the strange and mysterious girl, and the two of them begin to unravel each other’s secrets. Then Eden discovers what happened to the last girl who lived with she was found half-drowned on dry land. Suddenly Eden is waking up to wet footprints tracking to the end of her bed, the sound of rain on the windows when the skies are clear, and a ghostly silhouette in her doorway. Something is haunting Delphine—and now it’s coming for Eden, too.

Taylor's Review

@25thavenuewest

Rating: 🖤🖤🖤🖤

I read the synopsis and knew I had to read this one.

Sapphic love, ghosts, a river that takes prisoners? Yep.

I really enjoyed this one! The plot was clever, Eden and Delphine are two very well written characters, and the love story was just this side of tragic to be enjoyed.

I think the pacing was a little too slow for my particular tastes. Things could have moved a bit faster toward the middle of the book, so the end wouldn’t have been too jumbled.

Overall though I think it’s a solid thriller for young minds.

Kate Alice Marshall is the author of young adult and middle grade novels, including I AM STILL ALIVE, RULES FOR VANISHING, and THIRTEENS.

She lives outside of Seattle with her husband, two dogs named Vonnegut and Octavia, and two kids. They all conspire to keep her on her toes.

Thank you TBR and Beyond Tours for having Taylor on this tour!

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