The story felt more like a contemporary one at first and I did wonder when the psychological thriller aspect would really begin. The book begins by introducing Tash and her life to us as a seemingly normal teenager albeit one who sufferes from claustrophobia and some taunting from a fellow teen. But when the family of the girl who went missing all those years ago now arrive back in the neighbourhood, Tash starts to see strange things and begins to question what really happened in the past.Īlthough I have loved reading this book I have to admit that it took me a bit of time to really get into this story. Years later Tash now knows that Sparrow was never real, that she made him up to gain attention, and the only thing haunting her now is a fear of closed spaces. Teenager Tash Carmody thought she saw an imaginary person called Sparrow lure away a little girl from a carnival when she was young herself. Review: Oh wow this book! This has been such an amazing and thrilling read that’s kept me guessing until the very end. *Free copy provided by publisher for review… Does Sparrow exist after all? Or is Tash more dangerous to others than she thinks? And she realises Mallory is the key to unlockingthe truth about a dark secret connecting them. Ass disturbing memories resurface, Tash starts to see Sparrow again. Now fifteen and mute, Mallory’s never spoken about the week she went missing. At the time nobody believed Tash, and she has since come to accept that Sparrow wasn’t real. Genre: Teen/young adult fiction, Thriller-psychologicalĭescription: Tash Carmody has been traumatised since childhood, when she witnessed her gruesome imaginary friend Sparrow lure young Mallory Fisher away from a carnival.

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