Carolyn Young's "The Perfect View"

Title: Lost and Found
“The Perfect View” by Carolyn Young

Reviewed by Fay McKella

06/19/20159:54 AM

Living up to the stepmother role she unintentionally brought herself into, Mara is struggling to find her peace between the life she started and the life she truly belongs with. After her husband Ben, and stepdaughter Annie leave for the day, she is left home alone trapped by the demons of her past to slowly eat her alive. Mara's only way to remedy her broken life is by hiding. Alcohol and pills are her temporary medicine but she knows she needs something more, something to seal her darkest of cracks in her secrets that lie below. A few different people walk in and out of her life, but none of them seem to understand her hurt inside and the shadows that cover her. Will Mara ever find someone to truly save her?

The book begins in vivid detail describing the scene and the feelings from "him" about "her". As you continue, the facts of reality are slowly laid out as each chapter describes another event in the main character's life.

Carolyn Young has set up this book, “The Perfect View,” in a very unique way. Almost every second chapter is a flashback to her childhood depicting all of the horror our main character had to live through, while the other chapters tell of her current life and her current struggles. Although this seemed unnecessary in the beginning, each flashback truly characterizes the life Mara pushes through, making the reader more drawn into the story as ever. Towards the middle of the book, readers will find themselves unable to put the book! The heightening of emotions as the rollercoaster of events pan out truly makes this book a must read!

If you are looking for a climactic story in which the pages seem to turn themselves, look no further because this book is a must read!

I give "The Perfect View" 5 out of 5 stars.

Cheers ,

Fay McKella