Lord of the Flies meets Fyre Festival in this story about a girl who goes to an exclusive music festival on an island only to be stranded with influencers and no festival actually taking place... and madness descends upon them. Rafi Francisco runs a podcast that discusses music mysteries and wants to get her podcast to be more popular... so she takes on the case of famous pop boy singer River’s mystery of the disappearance and death of his girlfriend... and the only way to do so is to go to this festival. What Rafi wasn’t expecting was that the festival was completely fake and now she is stranded on an island full of influencers and a few minor celebrities... and River himself. Rafi needs the interview with River and is willing to do anything to get it... even lie... and her actions have bigger consequences. She believes that River is a killer but the more she gets to know him the more wrong she feels. It also doesn’t help that more people are starting to disappear... and there might be a different killer on the loose. Rafi is one of those “not like other girls” but “I want to make it famous” kind of gals, she’s manipulative, think’s she’s better, and honestly obsessive. She’s not a likable protagonist and while the story had potential it felt meh overall, it was funny to see the correlation between Fly Fest and Fyre Fest and Hella Badid and Bella Hadid. Overall, it just wasn’t for me but if you do like the original story maybe give it a try, it definitely is a unique take on the original story with modern adaptations.

*Thanks Netgalley and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*