Tuesday, November 11, 2025

The Trespassers by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, - NO

The Trespassers by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, 337 pages. Delacorte (RandomHouse), 2025. $13 (pb)

Language: R (100+  swears,  20+ ‘f’); Mature Content: R (drinking, drugs in use; briefly described on page sex); Violence: PG-13 (blood and death, other deaths mentioned)

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - NOT RECOMMENDED

After four years in LA, Finley and her mom are back in Alaska. After doing well in LA, Fin falls back in with her old friend group - the group that shares a trauma, and someone among them harbors even more dangerous secrets. Fin’s world swiftly falls apart.

I read 95 pages and I couldn’t take any more.  I don’t feel Alvarez invents anything new here - nothing that inspires me to see this as something new and different.

Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS



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