I usually don’t like to write blogs about books that I haven’t finished yet but I feel really, really good about Moonrise by Cassandra King. I read the description of the book and it really is spot on saying that Moonrise is a homage to Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier with a southern gothic twist. It is a story of love, friendship, secrets, betrayal and forgiveness.
Helen Honeycutt and Emmett Justice meet in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida after both moving there to escape their pasts. After a whirlwind romance they are married much to the shock of Emmett’s friends since his wife, Rosalyn, was killed in a car accident only months before. Helen becomes fascinated with Emmett’s previous life and his group of friends especially the time that they spent in Highlands, North Carolina. Rosalyn’s family home, “Moonrise”, is a mysterious house full of ghosts and secrets of the past, and Helen, after much cajoling, talks Emmett into spending the summer there.
Helen soon realizes that she will never fit in with Emmett’s “jet-set” friends and when she discovers a the truth about a secret of the past will her new found happiness soon come to a end.
I love how Cassandra King has structured the telling of this story. Each chapter is written from the perspective of three different characters: Helen, the newcomer, Tansy, an old friend to Emmett and Rosalyn, and Willa, a property manager but insider to this group of friends. Since the book is written this way the reader is given different perspectives as the story unfolds. I highly recommend Moonrise for your next read and I have to sign off now so I can finish the book on my lunch break!
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