Book guide
We Fell Apart
Matilda arrives at Hidden Beach to meet the father she never knew, but finds missing answers, dangerous strangers, and a family built on lies.
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About We Fell Apart
When Matilda receives an unexpected invitation from the father she has never known, she thinks Hidden Beach might finally give her the missing pieces of her life. Kingsley Cello is a reclusive artist, a mythic figure, and the centre of a family Matilda has only just discovered. But when she arrives at his crumbling seaside home, Kingsley is nowhere to be found. Instead, Matilda is drawn into a strange, intoxicating world of half-siblings, secrets, privilege, romance, and lies — a place where the sea keeps its own counsel and everyone seems to be hiding something. As summer darkens and the truth twists further out of reach, Matilda must decide who to trust before Hidden Beach pulls her under completely. Atmospheric, seductive, and unsettling, We Fell Apart returns readers to the world of We Were Liars with E. Lockhart’s signature blend of family mystery, psychological suspense, and devastating revelation.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
We Were Liars Universe · Book 3 of 3
Content warnings
- dementia
- abandonment
- animal death
- animal cruelty
- violence
- death of parent
- confinement
- drug abuse
- forced institutionalization
- grief
- medical trauma
- drowning
- underage drinking
- pill use
- cocaine use
- sexual content
- non-consensual medical treatment
- disturbing depictions of torture
