Cynthia Tottleben’s The Eye Unseen, published by JournalStone, is a page-turning look at a family gone terribly wrong.
Teenager Lucy Tew has not had an easy life. Her mother seemingly hates her, never showing her the kind of love that she does to her older sister, Brandy. Sometimes Joan lashes out at her daughter in irrational ways, but this is the life Lucy has grown accustomed to, having only her sister and her dog Tippy to give her any hope or joy. But not all is as it seems, and as the story unfolds, we find out about a cursed bloodline that Joan believes in that could affect not only the Tew family, but all of mankind.
The question is though, is Joan telling the truth, or is she really crazy? Tottleben has given us first person point of view chapters so that we can see into the minds of various characters, from Lucy to Joan to an aunt, and even from Tippy the dog’s perspective. Tottleben did a nice job with this and plants shades of doubt about some of the action taking place, yet at the same time making it all seem so real. Are the narrators reliable or unreliable? That’s part of the intrigue as you continue reading this fascinating and well-written novel.
But I do want to give potential readers a word of warning. There are some very gross descriptions of murder and mutilations. And I mean gross. So if you are squeamish, you’ve been warned.
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