Rodrigo Hasbún
Deep Vellum Publishing
24 February 2026
185
eBook - PDF
Contemporary Fiction
ARC via Edelweiss
Andrea and Julián haven’t seen one another in twenty-one years—not since that tragic, fateful night their senior year of high school that marked their group of friends forever. A shocking phone call brings the two together again in Houston, where they begin to unravel the truth of that year, picking open long scabbed-over wounds from their upper-class adolescence in 1990s Bolivia and the scandal that ripped them apart.
A writer unhappy in his career and his marriage, Julián has been novelizing the past for his next book, trying to make meaning out of the events that changed the course of their lives forever. “I’d thought that writing about that time would free me, relieve the burden of the invisible years,” he writes, “but often it seems that it’s done the reverse.” Juxtaposing the naïve invincibility of adolescence with the grasping uncertainties of adulthood, The Invisible Years deftly weaves a coming-of-age tale that leaves the reader hanging on every word, even as they know how the cards fall in the end.
The Invisible Years was a book that crept up on me. I started with no strong expectations but ended up finishing it in a single sitting. As the events of the past played out, it was often clear how badly things were going to end, but we had to wait to see them unfold and see how they had impacted on the characters' present lives. It was a thoughtful and impactful work that kept me turning the pages, and I am giving it 4.5 stars. Recommended for fans of coming-of-age tales with some darker emotions beneath the surface.
I received this book as a free eBook ARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
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