Magnificent thriller, full of shocking twists.

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“But it doesn’t matter if they find anything or not. The principal has already pegged me as a criminal. I’m one of the “bad kids” and labels come with assumptions. They assume the bad kids are always monsters, and the good ones never are.”

WOW! What a nail-biting, page turning thriller. I devoured this book in one day and am stunned with how much I loved this book. This follows Ivy trying to find her missing sister Autumn. Autumn is one of the kids labeled as “bad” just because of some fake gossip and assumptions. Nobody believes Ivy when she says she truly thinks her sister is in trouble and hasn’t just “run off”. This is told from not only Ivy’s point of view but Autumn’s as well.

I can’t begin to explain how much I love Ivy who is 15 and a big nerd. She has the best group of nerd friends and is such a good kid, even though her sister treats her like garbage she is willing to do anything to find her. I loved her passion for nerdy things (it reminded me of me) and how she simply sees the good in everything instead of the bad. Even though this was very much focused on the missing sister aspect, there was a little side romance between her and her first love and UGH so cute. I was smiling so hard at their banter and how nice of a guy he was.

Now the “bad” sister Autumn, we get introduced to her and immediately you think she is a delinquent teenager. As we get to know Autumn and how she got into this horrible and scary predicament we find she just had a messed-up couple of years after her mother had passed. I was so scared and sorry for Autumn throughout this whole book and was on the edge of my seat reading and hoping that she would be okay. I loved her badass attitude and how she had this I don’t care about anything or anyone attitude, but deep down she really did care. She cared about her dad, sister, friends, and of course her dog.

I didn’t know how I would like this book, but I found it super compelling and loved the writing style. I connected to Ivy, Autumn, and the other characters and could put myself in their shoes. I loved how this showed just how important families are, but also friends. Not to mention throughout this book were super important messages, that were realistic and made you stop and think about your own life.