The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain

 The Last House on the Street

by Diane Chamberlain

Synopsis

When Kayla Carter's husband dies in an accident while building their dream house, she knows she has to stay strong for their four-year-old daughter. But the trophy home in Shadow Ridge Estates, a new development in sleepy Round Hill, North Carolina, will always hold tragic memories. But when she is confronted by an odd, older woman telling her not to move in, she almost agrees. It's clear this woman has some kind of connection to the area...and a connection to Kayla herself. Kayla's elderly new neighbor, Ellie Hockley, is more welcoming, but it's clear she, too, has secrets that stretch back almost fifty years. Is Ellie on a quest to right the wrongs of the past? And does the house at the end of the street hold the key? Told in dual time periods, The Last House on the Street is a novel of shocking prejudice and violence, forbidden love, the search for justice, and the tangled vines of two families.

Expected Publication Date: January 11, 2022

Review

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

The Last House on the Street is a wonderfully written story about love and loss. With dual timelines each told from a different person's perspective, we are thrown into two separate worlds that are connected, yet worlds apart.

In one perspective we follow Kayla in 2010. She and her daughter move into a house that her husband died in while building it. In the other we have Ellie in 1965 as a young girl who is trying to make a difference in the world by volunteering with the SCOPE project. Throughout the story we experience a piece of each woman's life as she navigates through her own trials and tribulations until finally their two worlds collide.

This book is wonderfully written. The story captivates you as it breaks your heart and teaches you about true healing.

My favorite point of view was Ellie's. While both were good, I found Ellie's brought out the heartbreak and emotion in me much stronger than Kayla's did.

This is my first Diane Chamberlain novel and I can't wait to read more.