YES! A thriller I really enjoyed and have been lacking in that lately! From the first two sentences, you know you are in for a gory ride: I killed my brother with a penny. Simple, benign, and perfectly believable.
We have all kinds of dynamics that make this one super interesting: The setting of a prestigious prep school and a teacher kills some students!?!?! And a year later the survivors start killing themselves?!?!?! Something else must be going on!
We have three different sections of the book: Journal entries, the time period of June 2019, and present day of August 2020. Better yet is that the chapters are extremely short and it’s hard to put down because the next chapter isn’t that long! This one is meant to be binge read, it is that intense. I loved how everything came together and I never figured out the killer or motive so I was shocked when we had the big moment in the climax of the novel.
This is the second in the series that feature Rory and Lane. Poor Rory has some issues herself and also what could classify as a creepy hobby, which is also written in a way that you find it interesting, which I never would have thought of this particular hobby as interesting! We also get to see her work on her hobby.
All of Donlea’s books can be read as standalones, but if you have read Donlea’s previous novels, you get some takeback from those. This is my first Donlea novel and I would love to read his others!
Many thanks to the publisher Kensington Books for granting me a copy to read and review via Bookish First!
We have all kinds of dynamics that make this one super interesting: The setting of a prestigious prep school and a teacher kills some students!?!?! And a year later the survivors start killing themselves?!?!?! Something else must be going on!
We have three different sections of the book: Journal entries, the time period of June 2019, and present day of August 2020. Better yet is that the chapters are extremely short and it’s hard to put down because the next chapter isn’t that long! This one is meant to be binge read, it is that intense. I loved how everything came together and I never figured out the killer or motive so I was shocked when we had the big moment in the climax of the novel.
This is the second in the series that feature Rory and Lane. Poor Rory has some issues herself and also what could classify as a creepy hobby, which is also written in a way that you find it interesting, which I never would have thought of this particular hobby as interesting! We also get to see her work on her hobby.
All of Donlea’s books can be read as standalones, but if you have read Donlea’s previous novels, you get some takeback from those. This is my first Donlea novel and I would love to read his others!
Many thanks to the publisher Kensington Books for granting me a copy to read and review via Bookish First!