But she’s about to learn that Wisewood won’t let either of them go without a fight. Panicked, Natalie hurries north to come clean to her sister and bring her home.
Six months later Natalie receives a menacing e-mail from a Wisewood account threatening to reveal the secret she’s been keeping from Kit. Natalie thinks it’s a bad idea, but Kit has had enough of her sister’s cynicism and voluntarily disappears off the grid. But the rules are for a good reason: to keep guests focused on achieving true fearlessness so they can become their Maximized Selves. During this time, they’re prohibited from contact with the rest of the world-no Internet, no phones, no exceptions.
On a private island off the coast of Maine, Wisewood’s guests commit to six-month stays. She told Natalie she was sure there was something more out there. The last time they spoke, Kit was slogging from mundane workdays to obligatory happy hours to crying in the shower about their dead mother. Natalie Collins hasn’t heard from her sister in more than half a year.
We’ll keep your secrets if you keep ours. Stephanie Wrobel has knocked it out of the park with her sophomore thriller if you only read one book this month, make it this one. Is blood really, as the saying goes, thicker than water? Can we ever escape the lasting legacy of childhood trauma? In THIS MIGHT HURT, readers follow three women as they exorcise their demons, face their fears, and, if the folks at Wisewood have their way, reach their “maximized selves”-no matter the cost. THIS MIGHT HURT is an outstanding psychological thriller on every level, from its immediately-intriguing cult thriller premise to the complex layers readers will discover within its pages. The result? A book that’s guaranteed to be on my list of best crime books of 2022. Wrobel’s debut suspense novel Darling Rose Gold hooked me with its nod to true crime and its dark, intimate exploration of a treacherous mother-daughter relationship now, in Wrobel’s sophomore thriller, she blends a ripped-from-the-headlines plot (think: a cult story perfect for those fascinated by disturbing real-world cases like that of NXIVM) with a propulsive story of the ties that bind family together.
You know that magical feeling when you find an author whose work seems to somehow just click for you? That’s me with Stephanie Wrobel. In a matter of two books, Stephanie Wrobel has cemented herself as one of my must-read thriller writers. The Verdict: must-read psychological suspense
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