The Blackbird Season

Posted on 21 May 2017 by Kate Moretti

Where did they come from Why did they fall The question would be asked a thousand times.Until, of course, important questions arose, at which time everyone promptly forgot that a thousand birds fell on the town of Mount Oanoke at all.In a quiet Pennsylvania town, a thousand dead starlings fall onto a high school baseball field, unleashing a horrifying and unexpected chain of events that will rock the close knit community.Beloved baseball coach and teacher Nate Winters and his wife, Alicia, are well respected throughout town That is until one of the many reporters investigating the bizarre bird phenomenon catches Nate embracing a wayward student, Lucia Hamm, in front of a sleazy motel Lucia soon buoys the scandal by claiming that she and Nate are engaged in an affair, throwing the town into an uproarand leaving Alicia to wonder if her husband has a second life.And when Lucia suddenly disappears, the police have only one suspect Nate.Nate s coworker and sole supporter, Bridget Harris, Lucia s creative writing teacher, is determined to prove his innocence She has Lucia s class journal, and while some of the entries appear particularly damning to Nate s case, others just don t add up Bridget knows the key to Nate s exoneration and the truth of Lucia s disappearance lie within the walls of the school and in the pages of that journal. New Read The Blackbird Season [ By ] Kate Moretti [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Happy Pub Day When an author can fluently change the overall feel of each book they write, they have my attention This is precisely how I feel about Kate Moretti while you could technically group her last two books as psychological thrillers, the details ensure a wholly separate reading experience I adored her 2016 publication The Vanishing Year, which was a classic domestic drama, and this year she has wowed me again with The Blackbird Season, a dark, slow burning suspense that was creepy Happy Pub Day When an author can fluently change the overall feel of each book they write, they have my attention This is precisely how I feel about Kate Moretti while you could technically group her last two books as psychological thrillers, the details ensure a wholly separate reading experience I adored her 2016 publication The Vanishing Year, which was a classic domestic drama, and this year she has wowed me again with The Blackbird Season, a dark, slow burning suspense that was creepy and an overall perfect read for fall The premise of wha...3.5 stars Decent mystery filled with unlikeable characters. The disappearance of a mysterious high school student who was supposedly having an affair with a beloved teacher turns a small town on its head in The Blackbird Season. Mt Oanake, a small mill town in Pennsylvania, is the kind of town that traps people With little means to get out, most people wind up stuck in this little gossipy place Baseball is one of the few things the town has going for it, and coach teacher Nate Winters is co3.5 stars Decent mystery filled with unlikeable characters. The disappearance of a mysterious high school student who was supposedly having an affair with a beloved teacher turns a small town on its head in The Blackbird Season. Mt Oanake, a small mill town in Pennsylvania, is the kind of town that traps people With little means to get out, most people wind up stuck in this little gossipy place Baseball is one of the few things the town has going for it, and coach teacher Nate Winters is considered to be the town savior However, Nate s status changes in an instant when his affair with enigmatic student Lucia Hamm becomes front page news Nate becomes the town pariah he loses his teaching and coaching jobs, and his marriage is put in jeopardy Further complicating matters, Lucia goes missing and Nate was the last person to see her alive The Blackbird Season is to...The Blackbird Season was my first read by Kate Moretti I have heard such wonderful things about her writing and was thrilled to explore this author.Kate Moretti delivers a character based novel that alternates between our 4 main characters Nate, Lucia, Alecia, and Bridget This is a slow burning mystery that takes you on one crazy ride trying to figure out who what why Mt Oanoke is a small town in Pennsylvania where nothing ever happens Until, our opening scene at the baseball field where t The Blackbird Season was my first read by Kate Moretti I have heard such wonderful things about her writing and was thrilled to explore this author.Kate Moretti delivers a character based novel that alternates between our 4 main characters Nate, Lucia, Alecia, and Bridget This is a slow burning mystery that takes you on one crazy ride trying to figure out who what why Mt Oanoke is a small town in Pennsylvania where nothing ever happens Until, our opening scene at the baseball field where thousands of starlings fall out of the sky Can we say freaky The town starts gossiping and some believe it s bad luck or the air is polluted Soon after the birds fall from the sky darkness looms over Mt Oanoke.Lucia is a lonely teenager with a troubled childhood who accuses her teacher and coach Nate Winters of having an affair with her Not long afterwards, Lucia d...3.5 starsThis was an atmospheric psychological suspense mystery about a high school student who goes missing and the teacher who becomes the number one suspect The author, Kate Moretti, did a fabulous job creating a vivid picture of the unthriving small town devastated by the mill closure years prior The after effects lingering years later on the people, on the buildings, on the overall attitude of the gossipy, close knit community The abandoned mill seemed to be a haunting character itself 3.5 starsThis was an atmospheric psychological suspense mystery about a high school student who goes missing and the teacher who becomes the number one suspect The author, Kate Moretti, did a fabulous job creating a vivid picture of the unthriving small town devastated by the mill closure years prior The after effects lingering years later on the people, on the buildings, on the overall attitude of the gossipy, close knit community The abandoned mill seemed to be a haunting character itself hiding secrets and lies...3.25 Stars rounded down.Could you imagine a thousand starlings falling on you, while out watching a game Would you call it a natural phenomenon, toxic poisoning or would you blame a young teenage girl who no one likes and several kids in her High School refer to as a witch In Mt Oanoke, a small Pennsylvania town, as soon as the birds fall, things go from bad to worse Lucia Hamm, is a teenager who is a social outcast If it weren t for the support of best friend Taylor and her teacher Nate 3.25 Stars rounded down.Could you imagine a thousand starlings falling on you, while out watching a game Would you call it a natural phenomenon, toxic poisoning or would you blame a young teenage girl who no one likes and several kids in her High School refer to as a witch In Mt Oanoke, a small Pennsylvania town, as soon as the birds fall, things go from bad to worse Lucia Hamm, is a teenager who is a social outcast If it weren t for the support of best friend Taylor and her teacher Nate Winters, she wouldn t have anyone It s the support of her teacher however, that throws a wrench in everything as you can imagine Nate is the cool Teacher and Coach The guy who has his finger on the pulse of the High School He has fake Facebook and Twitter accounts and knows what is ...EXCERPT He felt sick No matter what happened now, everything had just gotten worse All the pieces he d been clinging to had flown apart, scattering what was left of his life in a million directions He was in trouble, he d been in trouble, but now he wasthan in trouble, he was as dead as a person could be while still being alive In one heartbeat, he envisioned Alecia and Gabe huddled together on the couch, himself in prison, a 20 20 specialHe had no way of knowing that this mome EXCERPT He felt sick No matter what happened now, everything had just gotten worse All the pieces he d been clinging to had flown apart, scattering what was left of his life in a million directions He was in trouble, he d been in trouble, but now he wasthan in trouble, he was as dead as a person could be while still being alive In one heartbeat, he envisioned Alecia and Gabe huddled together on the couch, himself in prison, a 20 20 specialHe had no way of knowing that this moment would become the linchpin, the moment that all the moments after would hinge upon The papers would call him a murderer the police would come to him his ex friends, his gym buddies, the guys who knew him for God s sake and say, Nate was the last one to see her alive, right The last one is always the guilty one THE BLURB Where did they come from Why did they fall The question wo...The Blackbird Season is a character driven, dark tale with transitioning POV between the 4 main characters Alecia, Nate, Lucia and Bridget It begins in a small town in Pennsylvania at a high school baseball game An ominous event.dead starlings raining down This will become a recurring theme throughou...First and foremost, a large thank you to NetGalley, Kate Moretti, and Atria Books for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.Having no previous knowledge of Moretti s work, I was able to read this novel without preconceived notions It is worth noting, though, I did falsely presume the premise of the story that would develop When thousands of starlings fall from the sky in the sleepy Pennsylvania town of Mt Oanoke, everyone is left First and foremost, a large thank you to NetGalley, Kate Moretti, and Atria Books for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.Having no previous knowledge of Moretti s work, I was able to read this novel without preconceived notions It is worth noting, though, I did falsely presume the premise of the story that would develop When thousands of starlings fall from the sky in the sleepy Pennsylvania town of Mt Oanoke, everyone is left baffled as to what it might mean and how it could have happened The reader may feel ready to synthesise a story that plays directly into this phenomena, but the narrative takes an interesting turn, plunging intoheartfelt mysteries Told from the perspectives of a few characters and using flashback chapters, the reader is able to meet Nate and Alecia Winters, who are struggling through parenting their autistic son, Gabe Nate is the high school baseball coach and...Traveling Sister Read with LindsayThe Blackbird Season is a dark, slow burning, eerie, haunting, suspenseful psychological thriller with some great elements to make it a haunting read A dying town where people know everything and will turn on each other without a care, an abandoned mill haunted by the loss of jobs and hope, dead birds, and a missing girl We both really enjoyed those haunting elements to the story and found them to be unique and suspenseful The Blackbird Season is a story of j Traveling Sister Read with LindsayThe Blackbird Season is a dark, slow burning, eerie, haunting, suspenseful psychological thriller with some great elements to make it a haunting read A dying town where people know everything and will turn on each other without a care, an abandoned mill haunted by the loss of jobs and hope, dead birds, and a missing girl We both really enjoyed those haunting elements to the story and found them to be unique and suspenseful The Blackbird Season is a story of jealousy and obsession that explores the bonds of frien... The Blackbird Season has all the makings of a Lifetime thriller Teacher accused of sleeping with his student Student disappears Police become involved Fingers are pointed Small town secrets revealed Scandal mounts Marriages are rocked Susan Lucci makes a cameo appearance Okay, maybe the Susan Lucci bit was ...

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21 May 2017

Kate Moretti