A Northern Light is based on a true story about a chilling murder of a young woman named Grace Brown from Cortland, New York in 1906.
Mattie Gokey lives on a farm with three sisters, her father, and their animals. Her mother died several years ago of cancer. Mattie has dreams of going to New York City to become a writer, but she is sure that will never happen considering she doesn’t have any money to spend and her family needs her help around their farm. When Mattie’s family is in desperate need of money, Mattie takes a job at the Glenmore hotel. One day one of their guests, a woman by the name of Grace Brown, pleads Mattie to burn a bundle of letters, Mattie promises but doesn’t get the chance to right away. That afternoon Grace’s dead body is found in the lake. Everyone suspects she and her lover accidentally capsized the boat and both drowned, but when Mattie breaks her promise to burn the letters and reads them, she discovers what really happened that day on the lake.
This is an extremely chilling story that you will find yourself reading well into the night. The chapters switch between the present and past and in the beginning, the “past” chapters are a little dull. Towards the second half though, every sentence grabs your attention and makes you want to keep reading.
Reviewed by: DancingPenguin96
