Welcome to Wisewood. We’ll keep your secrets if you keep ours.
Natalie Collins hasn’t heard from her sister in more than half a year.
The last time they spoke, Kit was slogging from mundane workdays to obligatory happy hours to crying in the shower about their dead mother. She told Natalie she was sure there was something more out there.
And then she found Wisewood.
On a private island off the coast of Maine, Wisewood’s guests commit to six-month stays. During this time, they’re prohibited from contact with the rest of the world—no Internet, no phones, no exceptions. But the rules are for a good reason: to keep guests focused on achieving true fearlessness so they can become their Maximized Selves. Natalie thinks it’s a bad idea, but Kit has had enough of her sister’s cynicism and voluntarily disappears off the grid.
Six months later, Natalie receives a menacing email from a Wisewood account threatening to reveal the secret she’s been keeping from Kit. Panicked, Natalie hurries north to come clean to her sister and bring her home. But she’s about to learn that Wisewood won’t let either of them go without a fight.
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Two sisters are caught in a dangerous web of secrets. One is trapped in a cult, while the other is ensnared in her own lies. Welcome to Wisewood.
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G-NRIS™ identifies This Might Hurt primarily as Literary Fiction, Psychological Thriller, and Contemporary Fiction. Its strongest themes include Family and Sisterhood, Secrets and Lies, Cult and Isolation, and Grief and Loss. Prominent narrative patterns include Estranged Siblings, Cult Indoctrination, Mystery of Disappearance, and Unreliable Narrator.
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