I was not prepared for how creepy this book was. The blurb makes it sound like a mystery and it is straight up terrifying. I liked how it referenced a previous book by the author, Rules For Vanishing. It also seems to hint at the plot for a future book. ( )

It's official: Kate Alice Marshall has become an auto-buy author. After reading Rules for Vanishing in 2019, she was definitely on my radar. However, after finishing Our Last Echoes, I am thrilled to say she's becoming a new favorite. Each of her stories are carefully crafted, eerie in nature but exciting with every turn of the page. I have no hesitancy in stating that her stories are completely unique, and with every additional published piece, she seems to be shaping a personal brand for herself that I am falling in absolute love with.

Our Last Echoes follows Sophia, a foster child just aged out of the system. When a mysterious tip suggests the circumstances of her mother's death are questionable, she finds herself traveling to Alaska for answers at Bitter Rock, her mother's last known location. The spot is near abandoned, its eerie history driving everyone but a small team of researchers away. With an internship as her cover, Sophia begins to secretly investigate not only the disappearance of her mother, but Bitter Rock's string of disappearances across history. With their intricate link to a dangerous mist that falls over the island, Sophia soon uncovers not just the truth behind the disappearances but the truth of herself.

This was a definite page-turner. Easy to read and exciting, the story sucks in readers right away and does not let go until the end. If you are a fan of horror or spine-tingling legends, this one is definitely for you. I found myself floored with terror yet still eager to continue. Marshall truly fashions a unique story, sprinkled with some classic horror tropes yet still wonderfully fresh. I'll definitely be sleeping with the lights on tonight! ( )

In 1884, a Russian ship was mired offshore along the coast of Alaska. When the island’s doctor and others rushed to the rescue, there was no one there!
In 1973, all thirty-one Landontown residents on the island of Bitter Rock, Alaska vanished without trace, no bodies were ever recovered!
In 2003, some more people disappeared in the similar manner, at the same location, and Sophia Novak’s mother is one of them
Now eighteen-years old, Sophia determined to revisit Bitter Rock in order to find out the truth of her mother’s disappearance, only to find herself shrouded in the eerie, spine-chilling mist..
OUR LAST ECHOES draws me in from the first page and keeps me spine-chilling since until the end! I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys hair-raising nightmarish thriller!
Kate Alice Marshall has expertly transformed her imaginative and creativity into such enthralling and haunting story. OUR LAST ECHOES is my first book by her, and I am definitely will check out her other books and looking forward to her future novels!
I would like to thank BookishFirst for the opportunity to know Kate Alice Marshall and her amazing book! ( )