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Kitty Johnson, the Author of “Closet Kept” has written an emotional, heartfelt, and captivating novel. The genres for this book are Women’s Fiction, Friendship Fiction, Sibling Fiction, Family Fiction, and Fiction. There also is a dash or Romance and Suspense. The themes surrounding this story are keeping secrets, the importance of family, friends, honesty, courage, forgiveness, second chances, self-growth, love and hope. In this well developed and well written story, the author vividly captures the scenery and discusses the dramatic and dark characters. The characters are complex, and complicated. There are betrayals, manipulative characters, some toxic characters, and the quest for the truth.
Lily and Inga are the closest friends, and meet their boyfriends in the same bar. The four are as close as can be. Lily is the protector of secrets from her family, and her friends, and has had a tragic upbringing. Lily loves to paint, and as she deals with her pain, her paintings become more vivid. As life gets more complicated, Inga shares secrets with Lily. The relationships between Lily, Inga, and their boyfriends becomes strained.
Lily’s estranged sister Viola re-enters her life, and creates many problems. Lily and Viola share many secrets as well. There are twists and turns, and the authors creates an edgy feel to the story. I enjoyed this thought-provoking novel and I highly recommend it.
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