![]() The beautiful, yet haunting cover for The Cellar is what initially drew me to want to read the novel. ![]() But flowers can’t survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out…. Spending months inside the cellar of her kidnapper with several other girls, Summer learns of Colin’s abusive past, and his thoughts of his victims being his family…his perfect, pure flowers. No family or police investigation can track her down. Nothing ever happens in the town of Long Thorpe – that is, until sixteen-year-old Summer Robinson disappears without a trace. ![]() Published by Sourcebooks Fire on March 1st 2014 This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Raincoast Books in exchange for an honest review. Wednesday, FebruReview: The Cellar by Natasha Preston Posted by ![]()
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