Buried Truth (Siren Cove #1) by Jannine Gallant #bookreview #suspense #romance
Title: Buried Truth
Author: Jannine Gallant
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Publication Date: January 30, 2018
Page Count: 384
My rating: 2 stars
About the book:
Visit Siren Cove, Oregon, for gorgeous beaches, miles of hiking, delightful small-town shops—and a dark side none of its residents could have possibly imagined . . .
Leah Grayson has lived in Siren Cove all her life. It’s where she buried a time capsule with her fifth-grade class. Where she spent an unforgettable night on the beach with her first love. Where she married then divorced her rotten ex.
But there’s something ugly going on in her pretty little town. When Leah organizes a reunion for her fifth-grade classmates to open their time capsule, they discover a roll of film no one remembers saving. Afterward, strange incidents begin happening. Warnings. Accidents. Random acts of vandalism.
Luckily, her first love is back in town, too. Ryan Alexander has made it big with a wildly popular social media startup, but he’s still the same sweet, cynical man she fell for all those years ago. And the chemistry they felt as teenagers is as strong as ever.
A nostalgic fling turns deadly when someone is convinced Leah has the key to secrets long buried. With no way to know whom they can trust, Leah and Ryan will have to seek out the answers themselves . . .
Buried Truth by Jannine Gallant is the first book in the new romantic suspense series Siren Cove. The story introduces Leah Grayson who is a teacher in Siren Cove that has decided as a learning experience for her fifth grade class that it is time to organize a reunion of her own fifth grade class that buried a time capsule in order to unearth the capsule and share what had been in it.
Ryan Alexander had known Leah all his life and the pair at one point had been deeply in love but Leah had broken it off stating that they were just too different from one another. Ryan hadn’t planned on attending the reunion but when his mother has an accident he finds himself back in Siren Cove and back in Leah’s life.
There are times when the story switches the point of view to an unknown narrator who seems to have left something in the time capsule that they do not want discovered. This leads to a lot of action as attempts are made to stop Leah from finding the evidence that would lead to crimes committed long ago when the capsule was buried.
Buried Truth is one of those books that no matter how much I wanted to like the story and what was going on there were little details that just kept nagging at me. The first thing I noticed and was a little iffy on was rushing Leah and Ryan back together. Of course this is a romantic suspense so you know it’s coming but a little build up would have been nice.
As the story went on I also thought that the unknown voice almost got a bit comical instead of menacing or scary like it should be. When the bad guys behind the scenes start conjuring images of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe it’s not a good thing at all. But the real kicker on this book was the ending itself. I thought maybe, just maybe my overall rating would be around 3 stars until the final chapters where as soon as the climatic moments came it felt the author skipped a chapter and just dropped all the action midway. I just found it all rather odd at that point and decided that no, this was not the book for me.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
Find this book online:
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About the author:
Write what you know. I’ve taken this advice to heart, creating characters from small towns and plots that unfold in the great outdoors. I grew up in a tiny Northern California town and currently live in beautiful Lake Tahoe with my husband and two daughters. When I’m not busy writing, I hike or snowshoe in the woods around my home. Whether I’m writing contemporary, historical or romantic suspense, I bring the beauty of nature to my stories.
Carries Book Reviews 
Small towns are always ugly…I grew up in one of those 😬
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Haha I’ve always been a city girl and usually when reading the small towns are made out to be rather charming little places.
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Only to travel lol 😂
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I’m guessing most are still safer than the city though, turn on the news here and it’s a new shooting every night. But I definitely wasn’t charmed by this fictional town and all it’s crime. LOL
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Yes but don’t forget about the maffia lol
But it’s true, more calm in the smaller towns. Not so busy, not so much rush-rush
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I suppose though no matter where you are from other places will be a bit of a mystery and seem appealing. 🙂
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Agreed :))
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Great review Carrie! I’m sorry this was a disappointment, although I had to laugh when you compared the villains to the Three Stooges!😁
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Haha thanks! I had to write that because it was honestly what went through my mind at one point during the story. There were just so many little details all the way through that had me rolling my eyes too unfortunately.
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😂🤣🤣
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Great, honest review, Carrie, sad it wasn’t a great book, well done for finishing it. I’ll give this one a miss!
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Thanks, it’s a shame really because everything was there to make a great one it just didn’t translate well to me.
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I hate writing negative reviews, Carrie! Ugh! After reading all your reviews, you have had some bad luck lately.😵😢 Sorry girl! Hopefully you get some great novels coming your way!😍 Sending you lots of hugs, girl!😊
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It’s been pretty balanced really…. of course it would be nice to stay at least 3 or more but that doesn’t always happen. I have a couple more to write with one up and one down yet again. Guess I’m yo-yo-ing lately. LOL
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It happens!😄 I have been lucky lately! I think I am getting the luck because of the pain I am going through but I will take it! I’ve had a lot of 4 and 5s lately!
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Hope it gets better soon. I get in pain that may be my grouchy low rating days, who knows. LOL
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I hope you are doing better?! I know you were dealing with some doctors shenanigans as well! It seems we are all broken up!
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Yeah unfortunately, when I say I know your pain I truly do as my problems don’t seem to be able to be cured or go away. I just have those days I hurt and want to curl up in a ball myself so it’s just cross my fingers there’s more good days than bad anymore.
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Oh no!😭😢 I am so sorry girl! I know it can be so bad!😵 I hope you don’t have to wait forever to find out anything. That just blows!😍
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Thanks, I appreciate it. 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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