Review: LOVED it! Can't WAIT to read Necessary Lies!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
This book makes me want to pick up Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain - Kindle and paperback versions NOW, and I am! I was sucked into this story immediately, making me crave MORE!So this book here is a novella ebook, kind of like a prequel, along with an excerpt from the book, Necessary Lies, and was very 'full' of suspense, intrigue, working on the tobacco farms, unfortunately poor with a new baby coming from her sister, Mary Ella.I'm hooked into this book already!This story takes place in 1958 in the deep South, Grace County, North Carolina, so you know there is not any integration there, and this seems to be an issue there at that time.Sweet little Ivy is our 13 year old protagonist who charms us to no end. Her innocence is charming, she gets herself into trouble, BIG trouble, as she is caught sneaking back into the house at 4:00am after being out with Henry Allen that night. They were playing with an Ouija board after breaking into the Baptist church, but the door was open, so they really didn't break in, right? They had just enough light from their lanterns to be able to see the board. So far the questions both of them asked the Ouija board had been correct, they guessed, and they also had met a ghost named Ruby. Ruby seemed to stay with Ivy, too. You'll learn more about that later.Once Ivy got home, she found out her sister, Mary Ella, who was pregnant, was in labor. She was told to go get the Social Worker, and little Ivy felt she needed to get the nurse. Nonnie, who was their Grandmother, seemed to be confused. Also, for some reason, after Mary Ella had the baby, she needed to get her Appendix out. Ivy questioned this, and she was also worried about it because a girl in her school died when her appendix exploded. What about Mary Ella? We are looking at more here than what meets our eyes, and I can't wait to figure it out. Hmmm?I loved this Novella and am really looking forward to reading this book! The story really pulled you into the story immediately, making you want more NOW!