Language: R (118 swears, 16 ‘f’); Mature Content: R (teens drinking, older man with underage girl); Violence: R (bloody deaths, mutilations, gore, actions if psychotic killer mentioned)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
If Claire is embodiment of laughter, parties, and bright lipstick, Alice is her opposite in every way, spending her nights alone with homework and a horror film or two. Regardless, the two sisters are the best of friends. After Claire is murdered at a Halloween party, Alice is more than ready to testify against her sister’s killer. She knows it was him. She saw him do it. But did she? When given a chance to review to events of that night first hand, Alice will encounter facts and events that directly contradict everything she thought she knew about her sister's death.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable novel! The character development was well-paced and believable as well as the characters likeable and the plot pacing both interesting and suspenseful. It remarkably felt similar to a scary movie, regarding the feelings of anticipation that the author manages to create with her structure and pacing within just a chapter or even paragraph! Beware, however, as there are many graphic scenes with explicit descriptions of gore and violent deaths. There is also the mature themes of underage drinking as well as an older man sleeping with young high school girls.
Sierra Finlinson
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