In Penitence by Kristin Koval, 13-year-old Nora fatally shoots her older brother, Nico, unraveling a complex web of family secrets, grief, and the pursuit of forgiveness in a small Colorado town.
Angie and David Sheehan’s lives are shattered when their daughter kills their son. Desperate for help, they turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont and her son Julian, a successful criminal defense attorney from New York City—who also happens to be Angie’s first love. However, Angie and Julian must find a way to put their shared past behind them if they hope to help Nora.
I thought the novel was an okay read. By the end, I was left with more questions than answers. Nora’s story and motivations felt secondary to other plotlines, and her character didn’t feel fully developed. The novel is told through alternating points of view and timelines, which, in my opinion, made the pacing feel slow and caused the story to drag without clear forward momentum.
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