Dark+Secrets+1+(MC)

review by Madi Cooperman
 * //Dark Secrets 1: Legacy of Lies and Don't Tell, Elizabeth Chandler//**

Legacy of Lies: When Megan decided to go on vacation and had to stay with her rude and unwelcoming grandmother, she didn't realize what she was getting into. From forbidden love to the innocent proven guilty, the small town of Wisteria would never be the same. Megan gets tangled up in the past and present. She has no idea who she //really// is. She learns about her creepy grandmother's tragic and painful past, complete with her sister's death and how grandmother was accused of murder. Some of the townspeople's grudges went as far as trying to kill her grandmother- and her. Will Megan be able to untie herself, or will she end up doing things she never wanted to have to do?

Don't Tell: Lauren's mom, Sondra, died in a tragic accident, a drowning. 7 years later, Lauren returns to her mother's deathplace, and stays with her Aunt Jule, and her 2 cousins Holly and Nora. Nora's become mentally ill after the accident, and Holly and Aunt Jue are sick and tired of it. Nora becomes actually crazy when Lauren comes back, because she says "Sondra wants her baby back. Her baby is coming back." Soon Lauren's sheets and personal belongings get tied up, just as her mother's did before her death. Nora promises that it's Sondra. Sondra wants her baby back. When Lauren visited her mother's grave, there was another stone. One that said "daughter." then she found a note saying, "You're next." Lauren must unravel both the physical and mental knots in her life, but can she do it without being next to die?

I would definitely recommend this book to someone my age. Someone younger would probably get really scared of this book, but I was just the right amount of frightened. It's mysterious, creepy, and I felt like I could really relate to the main character in many of the situations. The author is amazing and was able to really make you //feel// like you were there, not just reading about some foreign place. I couldn't put the book down until i finished reading!

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