This was a good thriller that kept me guessing until the end. 

 

I liked Hallie’s characterization a lot and I really enjoyed reading the letters that she received back from various Robert Thompson’s which are interspersed throughout the book. The Thompson family was pretty cliché, consisting of an alcoholic mother, a social media-obsessed daughter, and a son who is desperate to impress his father. However, I enjoyed discovering each of their hidden secrets which fit well with the characterization that they’ve been given. 

 

My main issue isn’t even with the book itself but rather the blurb which spoils most of the book. The scene where we find out that Robert Thompson isn’t Hallie’s father happens 81% into the book and for some reason, this is mentioned in the blurb. I honestly can’t understand why they would reveal one of the biggest plot twists of the book in the blurb. 

 

My second biggest issue is that it’s never explained why Hallie was roped into this whole situation with the Thompson family. The main antagonist (who has been behind all of the strange events occurring to the Thompson family) has no previous connection to Hallie or reason to target her. Hallie was only a small, basically irrelevant, part of his grand scheme. It’s extremely frustrating as a reader to find out that the main character who we’ve been following for the entire book so far is borderline irrelevant to the main antagonist’s plan and his motivation for involving her amounts to “I thought it would be funny.” It makes the previous 90% of the book that we spent learning about Hallie, Nick, etc feel totally wasted. 

 

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.