e-Audio, 09:44:25
Narrated by: Nerissa Bradley, Chase Brown, Troy Glasgow, & Julie Rogers
Release Date: July 9, 2024
Published by: Hachette Audio
Read from: July 22-24, 2024
Stand-Alone
Source: Library’s Libby
Content Warning: Murder, Stalking, Death, Alcoholism, Toxic Relationship, Homophobia, Car Accident, Death of a Parent, Outing
For Readers Interested In: Thrillers, Media in Books (TV), Multiple POV, Multiple Narrators, YAA budding teen celebrity secretly investigates his brother’s suspicious death while navigating the highs and lows of fame.
Rising star Abel Miller just landed a role in one of the hottest reboots on the Omni Channel, Sunset High. It looks like he’ll be yet another budding celebrity plucked from obscurity, but he has a problem: His brother, Adam, a production associate, died during the filming of the last attempt at Sunset High, and no one knows how or why. Abel is going to find out, but when he meets the other stars of the show—Lucky, Ryan, Ella, and creator Lake Carter—he realizes there’s darkness beneath the shimmer of fame. They all have secrets, and one of them is willing to kill to keep it that way.
*MY THOUGHTS*
After Dean’s last book I was desperate to get my hands on this one. But this one was not at all what I was expected. It just felt rushed and I think I had my expectations set too high.
Ok so the reason I said it feels too rushed is because IN MY OPINION there were too many different POVs and I felt like I was still getting used to getting to know all of them before they were on to the next one. I never felt like we KNEW them if that makes sense. And that happens alot in books that have too many POVs and I think in this thriller, it just didn’t work.
I also didn’t like a huge part of the mystery. I called the plot from the very first time that one person went to that other person’s house and I knew they were going to try some weird thing for the ending too. Now I know this is a YA book, but seriously, reading this, literally anyone could have called that. I don’t think it mattered that I’m not a teen anymore lol It just was spoiled it self from the very beginning.
The reason I didn’t DNF it or just skim it was because I still love the writing style of the author. I was still interested in how they were going to incorporate the show. And that part of it was ok. But because I had already called a very large part of it, I was already pretty meh about it. But it was ok.
Although I was disappointed, it wasn’t too bad. I do think it could have been better without the failed red herrings. They gave too much away and it ended up not being a thriller or a real mystery. I think with a little more editing it could have been a little better.
Overall, I give this
