Sadie is the first book I have ever read by Summers and I believe it is safe to say, it won't be my last. I read this book in one sitting. I could not put it down. This story deals with incredibly tough topics (murder, pedophilia, substance, emotional and sexual abuse) but is written in such a way that the reader is not forced to visualize the gory, traumatic details.

"While the murder, the crime, might have captured your initial interest, its violence and brutality do not exist for your entertainment"

13 year old Mattie is found dead in an orchard and her 19 year old sister, Sadie, believes she knows exactly who murdered her. Sadie will go to the ends of the earth to find and kill the man who took her sister's life.

"I’m going to kill a man. I’m going to steal the light from his eyes. I want to watch it go out. You aren’t supposed to answer violence with more violence but sometimes I think violence is the only answer."

The chapters alternate between Sadie's perspective and West McCray's podcast as West searches for clues to the whereabouts of Sadie. Interviews with people who knew the sisters shed light on their lives together. The unique format of this book was fast paced and kept me on my toes.

Sadie's story is heartbreaking. The only person she truly loved was her sister. She had no friends in school, was constantly made fun of for her stutter and dropped out of high school in order to find a job to feed and support herself and Mattie after their alcoholic, drug addicted mother up and left them.

If you're the type of person that requires your story to end giving you closure, you will not find that here. The open ending of this standalone will either leave you satisfied or completely let down. I personally did not mind the ending because it leaves you with a pretty good idea of the outcome but also a sense of hope. Overall, this book was superb.