After We Were Stolen
by Brooke Beyfuss
Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky
Pub Date 19 Jul 2022
Dreamscape Media
I am reviewing a copy of After We Were Stolen through Dreamscape Media and NetGalley:
Nineteen year old Avery awakens to flames consuming her family's remote compound, she knows it's her only chance to escape her father's grueling survival training, bizarre rules, and gruesome punishments.
For the first time she and her brother Cole flee the grounds for the first time in their lives, suddenly homeless in a world they know nothing about. After months of hiding out, they are arrested for shoplifting and a shocking discovery is made Avery and Cole were kidnapped fifteen years earlier, stolen by cult leaders they knew as Mom and Dad.
Cole is returned to his birth faMiley, immediately leaving Avery alone and desperate. She is uncertain if her ""parents"" survived the fire and is terrified to find out. The loss of Cole and the trauma of her former life threaten to undo her, but when the police investigation reveals there may be more survivors, Avery must uncover the truth about the fire to truly be free.
This powerful story is suspenseful, and emotionally charged and deeply thought-provoking, After We Were Stolen delves into the idea of family—those we're born into and those we make—resilience, and the lengths a cult survivor will go to finally be free of her painful past. Brooke Beyfuss's powerful debut novel sparkles with heart, grit, and extraordinary characters who will stay with you long after the last page.
I give After We Were Stolen five out of five stars!
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