The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook: A Blog Tour ~ Jump Into Books

Hello and welcome to the final tour stop for The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook! Today I'm very excited because not only is this my first Eileen book but I also have a awesome review to share with y'all!

Title: THE HANGING GIRL

Author: Eileen Cook

Pub. Date: October 3, 2017

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

Pages: 320

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Skye Thorn has given tarot card readings for years, and now her psychic visions are helping the police find the town’s missing golden girl. It’s no challenge—her readings have always been faked, but this time she has some insider knowledge. The kidnapping was supposed to be easy—no one would get hurt and she’d get the money she needs to start a new life. But a seemingly harmless prank has turned dark, and Skye realizes the people she’s involved with are willing to kill to get what they want and she must discover their true identity before it’s too late.

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This book took me totally by surprise. I went into this one thinking one thing and it totally turned around into something else.

It opens to a teenager talking about how she can read people and knowing things about them before they even open their mouths. Then we are taken in to see her actually reading a class mates tarot, but then confesses that she doesn't believe in the cards herself, but she is doing this for money, so she can leave her hometown and move all the way to NYC. I instantly feel a connection with the main character and later find out that she is from Michigan, which is originally where I am from, so it made me feel more of a pull towards her.

I feel bad for her and can totally relate to her all at the same time. While I didn't experience her type of lifestyle later in life, I still went through some of the same things she did, but never felt like an outsider like she does. I also dreamed of leaving my hometown and go to either California or NYC, but went a different route all together later. She feels tormented by her mother and class mates and only feels a true connection to her best friend, Drew. Which to be honest, I wasn't her biggest fan throughout this book.

Then we have the get rich quick scheme. Skye is trying to come up with the money that she needs and feels like there is only one way to get it, but is kind of on the edge of a steep cliff about it. On the one hand she really needs it to get away from everything and everyone, but on the other she doesn't know if she will feel all that great about getting it the way she goes about it. Then we find out that a classmate that was kind of mean to her goes missing and she has a "vision" about it. But all isn't as it seems and Skye is starting on a downward spiral of lies and and misgivings. Everything takes a turn and you are thrust into this great mystery of who killed Paige.

I can't go into much more detail otherwise I will give the rest of this book away. I totally suggest that you run out to get yourself a copy. so GO NOW, you won't be sorry, I promise.

Eileen Cook is a multi-published author with her novels appearing in eight different languages. Her books have been optioned for film and TV. She spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. Her newest book, WITH MALICE, will be out in June 2016. She’s an instructor/mentor with the Simon Fraser University Writer’s Studio Program.

You can read more about Eileen, her books, and the things that strike her as funny at www.eileencook.com. Eileen lives in Vancouver with her husband and two very naughty dogs and no longer wishes to be anyone or anywhere else.