Tethered

Tethered by Amy MacKinnon

From Booklist
Undertaker Clara Marsh doesn’t believe in God. It’s hardly a wonder; she has had little in life to give her cause for faith. After surviving the car accident that killed her free-spirited mother, she was raised by a grandmother who beat her with a brush and tore out her hair. When Clara finally escapes her grandmother’s clutches, she enrolls in mortuary school and lands a job at a New England funeral home whose kindhearted owners take her in as their own. Clara finds herself drawn to the cold case of “Precious Doe,” an unidentified teen found murdered in the nearby woods. She senses it’s more than coincidence when a neglected young waif named Trecie appears in the funeral parlor where she works. Could Trecie be destined for the same fate as “Precious Doe”? Throughout her life, Clara has taken great pains to remain uninvolved in others’ lives. But this time it’s different. MacKinnon’s fascination with the inner workings of her uncle’s funeral business inspired this haunting, gracefully rendered debut.


6/10

So I have definitely been into scary books lately. And this one was not as creepy as I thought it was going to be. The cover doesnt really seem to match the book. But I did like it. I liked Clara. I felt like I got her...her awkwardness. I like it when books have damaged characters. (which reminds me of Sharp Objects by Gillian Flinn...I dont like them that damaged)

This book was good but not great. It has a good mystery..so it keeps you sucked in. But its a little more depressing than I like them. I did like the setting..Clara is a mortition and having 90% of the book take place in a funeral home did up the creep factor.

I would recommend this one...but I would wait until its in paperback or buy it used. (or borrow mine!) Its a little pricey on Amazon right now.