Review of Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp

I received a copy of this title via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Best friends Corey and Kyra were inseparable in their snow-covered town of Lost Creek, Alaska. When Corey moves away, she makes Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return.

Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. Corey is devastated―and confused. The entire Lost community speaks in hushed tones about the town's lost daughter, saying her death was meant to be. And they push Corey away like she's a stranger.

Corey knows something is wrong. With every hour, her suspicion grows. Lost is keeping secrets―chilling secrets. But piecing together the truth about what happened to her best friend may prove as difficult as lighting the sky in an Alaskan winter...

My Review:
5 Stars

This was a really unique story that I really enjoyed. It follows Corey in the present and both girls in the past sense, through flashbacks. 

Corey has been waiting for her visit home. Waiting for the day when she can hug her best friend again, but that day doesn't come. Just days before she returns home Kyra dies. 

Still wanting to return, Corey embarks on her trip. When she lands however, nothing is as she has expected it to be. She's no longer embraced as a member of the community, but is now treated like an outsider. All of her questions about Kyra's death go unanswered or ignored all together. 

Corey wants to know what happened to her best friend. She wants to know how she could die just before they were reunited. What she learns is nothing she ever could have expected.