Review: Meet Me in Barcelona by Mary Carter

Publish Date: July 29, 2014
Publisher: Kensington

Synopsis: A surprise trip to Barcelona with her boyfriend, Jake, seems like the perfect antidote to Grace Sawyer's current woes. The city is dazzling and unpredictable, but the biggest surprise for Grace is discovering who arranged and paid for the vacation.


Carrie Ann wasn't just Grace's foster sister. Clever, pretty, and mercurial, she was her best friend--until everything went terribly wrong. Now, as she flees an abusive marriage, Carrie Ann has turned to the one person she hopes will come through for her. Despite her initial misgivings, Grace wants to help. But then Carrie Ann and Jake both go missing. Stunned and confused, Grace begins to realize how much of herself she's kept from Jake--and how much of Carrie Ann she never understood. Soon Grace is baited into following a trail of scant clues across Spain, determined to find the truth, even if she must revisit her troubled past to do it. . .

Mary Carter's intriguing novel delves into the complexities of childhood bonds, the corrosive weight of guilt and blame, and all the ways we try--and often fail--to truly know the ones we love. (from goodreads.com)

Review: This book went a totally different way than I was expecting!! This sounded like it was going to be a fluffy, chick lit but wow....not the case. I finished this book in one day, stayed up way way way too late because I just had to know how it ended! There were so many twists and turns and mysteries here that it was a major page turner. 

I found Grace to be annoying and paranoid throughout this whole book. Does she have good reason to be during some situations? Yes. But other times she just seems very insecure and whiny, frequently jumping to the worst conclusion without any evidence. Carrie Ann was extremely mysterious. It takes a bit to get the whole background story on who she is and why she and Grace are not in touch. And then things get interesting. Each secondary character adds something to the plot.

I don't want to give any of the plot away but what a mystery! I would highly recommend this book!

*Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.