full review can be found here:

https://nordie.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/bookreview-yesternight-by-cat-winters/

full review can be found here:

https://nordie.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/bookreview-yesternight-by-cat-winters/

After reading The Uninvited a while back, was I eager to read more from Cat Winters and getting a chance to read Yesternight her new novel made me very happy. So, happy that I moved it up quickly in my TBR mountain. The idea of the book sounded fantastic, with a young woman, Alice Lind, arriving on a little coastal hamlet to test children's IQ. And, there she finds a mystery, a child that may be a reincarnation of a woman that died some years before. But, could this really be the truth? And, why does this spark a feeling of familiarity in Alice Lind?

I think this book started off great, I loved the idea of a little girl that could be the reincarnation of a woman that died years ago. And, I was curious to see how it all would turn out. Would Alice find out the truth, and also would she herself find out what really sparked an event from when she was a child and hurt some other children?

As much as I enjoyed reading this book did it not engross me as much as The Uninvited had done. Somewhere along the way the story just turned in a direction I was not nearly interested in reading about as the mystery with the little girl, Janie O'Daire, and the question of reincarnation. One can say that when the story took the turn and I found out what Yesternight meant was the turning point to where I found the book didn't interest me as much as it had before. However, it was still good, it just felt like the whole Janie O'Daire story was dropped and suddenly it was all about Alice Lind and her memories. And, I just didn't find that as intriguing to read about. The ending was interesting, but I can't help feeling that it was a bit obvious in a way, and I also felt that I never really got a good closer to the Janie O'Daire mystery. I mean, what happened next with her? I was more curious to find out about her and what would happen next for her than Alice Lind's problem. But, I guess that's just me.

So, this was not as good as the Uninvited. But, still a pretty interesting book!

I want to thank William Morrow for providing me with a free copy for an honest review! ( )

A very solid, and well done novel. Xe sands is the narrator. ( )

Alice Lind,
Alice Lind,
Took a stick and beat her friend.
Should she die?
Should she live?
How many beatings did she give?

As expected Yesternight is another marvelous read from [a:Cat Winters|5351847|Cat Winters|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1402093683p2/5351847.jpg].
Having loved her first adult novel - and her YA's - I had high hopes for this and it did not disappoint.
The writing was phenomenal and the overall story was eerie and atmospheric. I had an incredibly hard time putting it down.

Alice Lind is a child psychologist who travels from town to town administering IQ tests. When she arrives in Gordon Bay, Oregon the last thing she expects is to encounter a child who forces her to question her beliefs about life and death.
Seven-year-old Janie O'Daire is a mathematical genius who claims to have been a woman named Violet Sunday in a past life. Alice struggles to accept the idea of reincarnation as doing so could jeopardize her career but it doesn't take long before she finds herself swept up in solving the mystery of Violet Sunday. Her entanglement with the O'Daires eventually leads to some unsettling suspicions about her own past and an old inn called Yesternight.

A twisty plot and chilling ending certainly make Yesternight one heck of a page-turner and a definite must read!

*ARC provided by HarperCollins/Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. ( )