e-Audio, 07:32:02
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly, Gary Tiedemann, Abby Craden, & Carlotta Brentan
Release Date: March 5, 2024
Published by: Harlequin Audio
Read from: March 6-19, 2024
Stand-alone
Source: Library’s Libby
TW: Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Death, Alcohol
For Readers Interested In: Realistic Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, YASpring break is a vibe—until someone gets murdered
Partying with popular classmates they barely know is not what Eva and her BFFs had in mind for their spring break. But things have been off ever since Miles’ academic career took a turn for the worse (they don’t talk about it), so a trip to a private beach lodge might be exactly what they need. And Eva won’t admit it, but the chance to reconnect with Colton is worth putting up with Piper’s constant livestreams to her thousands of “besties.”
At first, it’s all sand and waves, but tensions run high when an anonymous letter shakes up an already-flailing love triangle.
When someone turns up dead, Eva can’t even trust her closest friends—but she thinks she can trust Colton. As they get closer to the truth, they uncover secrets that upend everything they thought they knew about their fellow spring breakers.
*MY THOUGHTS*
This was my first book by this author. I’m not ashamed to say their very first book I DNFed it lol But this one was way better and it was about something that I really like, influencers in thrillers. (Which makes me wonder…. Why is this even a thing? Lol Why are the influencers always involved in some mess?!)
So like I said, I was all ready for this as soon as I saw it had to do with an influencer. They’re always involved in some mess. And this one was extra messy. For who knows what reason the influencer, Piper, was there along with her current boyfriend and her ex. Now if that wasn’t messy already, they’re teens, so everyone all had their own drama AND they were all like mad at her for her being in everyone’s business. And let me just say, man she was annoying lol I knew she was going to be the victim lol The mystery tho was just ok. I hate mysteries where you can’t figure out who did it because they withhold information from the reader. It’s doled out in little spurts and never given everything that’s going on so you can’t actually make an informed guess. And I get it, that might be the point, but it just feels like lazy writing. I want to be given all the info, make a guess, and still get it wrong. That’s what would impress me.
Since it was written to barely giving out information, the plot seemed lost. I didn’t really know what this was about. And then when the info started coming in, it seemed like the author was throwing cooked pasta at the wall to see if it stuck. And when it did, she just kept going. And that’s fine, but it felt a bit disjointed and it felt like everything that happened just came out of nowhere. I know things are supposed to be a surprise, but this was weird. Idk how to explain it properly.
The narration was very good tho. I didn’t have a problem with any of them. And the way the police interviews and the social media posts sounded different than the others, it sounded so good. I love books like that. So even with me not being super into it, the audio really brought it to life and I was able to ignore those things I didn’t care for and get lost in it.
This was loads better than the other one I tried by them, but it still wasn’t my favorite. I think I’ll have to read some more by this author to get used to their writing style. For now, I’m going to just make sure I have them in audio to make sure I’m thoroughly entertained by them.
Overall, I give this
