“The Memory Collectors is a remarkable piece of magical realism, imaginative and vivid in its specificity. Seemingly trivial items offer enormous symbolic opportunities. Tender, electric, this story and its vibrant characters will stay with readers long after the pages have closed.”

– Shelf Awareness (starred review)

“In The Memory Collectors, Neville creates a richly imagined world that seamlessly merges the magical with the everyday. Her characters will feel very real to anyone who has sensed the haunting power in objects and places that awaken deep emotions from their past. This inventive debut is a hopeful tale about the possibility of recovery after childhood trauma, and about learning how to trust and forgive—especially oneself. I guarantee you will never feel the same about that box of keepsakes stored in your attic after you read this book.”

– Glendy Vanderah, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars

“An old, horrifying crime; objects imprinted with emotions; two women hiding from their dark pasts—The Memory Collectors is thought-provoking and suspenseful, full of haunting secrets, twists, and turns. Kim Neville’s beautifully-written debut lays bare the immense power of memories and how they can both hurt us . . . and heal us.”

– Heather Webber, USA Today bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Café and South of the Buttonwood Tree

“In this atmospheric and beautifully written novel, Neville weaves for us a world in which ordinary objects retain the imprint of strong emotions and influence the moods and actions of the people they touch. By turns heartbreaking, terrifying, and beautiful, The Memory Collectors is ultimately a triumphant tale of redemption and forgiveness.”

– Kerry Anne King, bestselling author of Everything You Are and Whisper Me This

“An unforgettable parable about empathy, memory, and healing that builds to a heart-pulsing crescendo. Not only is The Memory Collectors an exquisite exploration of the ways family secrets bind us to the past, it’s also one of the most magical novels I’ve read in a long time. An extraordinary debut.”

– Kris Waldherr, author of The Lost History of Dreams

“Every object tells a story in The Memory Collectors by Kim Neville . . . [a] magical debut.”

– Pop Sugar

“A psychic who can sense strong emotions left behind on others' personal effects and a woman who collects those items find themselves working together to prevent their lives from being consumed by those lingering feelings in Kim Neville's poignant new novel, The Memory Collectors.”

– Bustle

“[T]he ability to feel these emotions at such a deep level serves as allegories of holding on to the past and using nostalgia as a crutch. It creates a narrative that is tinged with bittersweet yearning, and a hopefulness for the future as a means of freedom—beautifully written, with a magical realism that masterfully embodies everything that makes the genre so memorable.”

– The Mary Sue

“Neville debuts with a tense meditation on trauma, family, and inheritance . . . Fans of introspective fabulism will love the concept.”

– Publishers Weekly

“In her debut novel, author Kim Neville delivers a unique and intriguing mystery in The Memory Collectors. Readers discover that what most see as trash, a few see as treasure. Objects, like people, have a history and can be cherished, bringing people joy or sorrow, full of darkness and light.”

– Booklist

“Like the magical objects collected by its protagonists, this novel is emotionally transformative.”

– Kirkus

“The Memory Collectors is a profoundly humanistic novel, a book invested in what people feel and how they live, conveying all this with detail alone. Such a central notion is romantic and meaningful enough to sustain the novel, and to leave the reader with a new outlook on what she touches every day.”

– Locus Magazine

“At its best, which is pretty much all the time, Kim Neville’s mesmerizing The Memory Collectors reminds me of the great M.J. Rose at her best. But Neville corners the market when it comes to gothic eeriness and a Stephen King-like sense of unease . . . an elegant and beautifully crafted tale.”

– Providence Journal