Published by Dreamscape Media Genres: Fiction, Mystery, young adult
Format: ARC, Audiobook
One caused the fall.
One did nothing.
One saw it all.
One didn’t care.
One used their head.
One played the hero.
One was left dead
Cleo receives a mysterious gift on her eighteenth birthday, inviting her to take part in a scavenger hunt. She is certain that someone close to her is behind it. Perhaps her best friend Hope or her brother, Connor are behind it. But no one steps forward and admits they are behind it. Armed with curiosity, Cleo and Hope set about finding clues – clue which all seem to lead to her boyfriend who drowned on a rafting trip a year prior.
This was an enjoyable YA mystery, but I have to say the narrator of the audio version did not impress me at all. If she was going for morose, no emotion, flat and bored sounding then she nailed it. Hats off to her for such a boring delivery. I know Cleo went through a lot but a little emotion, a little inflection would have helped.
But the story itself, was solid. I enjoyed the search for clue although, I kept thinking “how have you not figured this out already” plus some of their friends must have need a ladder to get on their high horses then at the end have a complete well…. maybe turn around. A little too convenient for me, but I still enjoyed it even with the horrifically boring delivery of the narrator.
Most are enjoying this more than I did. I do wonder if I had read this rather than listened to the book if I would have enjoyed it more.
Overall enjoyable but read the book skip the audio.
Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.