7 Minutes in Heaven

By: Tracey Ward

Narrated by: Kimberly Mesceda

I’m falling.

I’ve done that a lot this year. I’ve fallen for lies. Fallen in love. Now I’m falling through the water in the lake like I’ve done so often before, but this time is different. This time is going to be my last time.

For everything.

My last breath is rising in a rush of bubbles that hurry to the surface like champagne escaping a bottle. My last sight is the sun watching watery overhead. My last touch is the liquid running through my fingers like silk. Like time. Like every ethereal and untouchable thing in the world. Like laughter.

And my last thought...my last thought is of him. Of Kyle. I’ll miss him. I hope he’ll miss me.

It’s a strange hope to have for the guy who just murdered me.

They say that when you die, your brain stays active for seven minutes.

Well, my name is Grace Murray, and these are my minutes....

©2018 Tracey Ward (P)2021 Tracey Ward

love this story

This novel is so cleverly written, it keeps you on your toes, twists you around and makes you feel as lost and confused as poor Grace, forever guessing about what happened. Such a perfect amount of tension and anxiety to keep you intrigued and endearing moments that makes you fall in love with the characters.

The narrator is new to me and I liked her well enough, although there was little difference in tones/ voices.