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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Having read and deeply enjoyed The Lost Village by Sten, I was excited to get my hands on this one. The idea of prosopagnosia being used in a thriller in such a way was intriguing, and I was really interested to see how Sten managed to use it. However, for an aspect to be relevant enough to include in the synopsis, it truly was the weakest aspect of the book. There were many more, interesting and frightening details that should have been included. I feel like this will almost mislead readers about what they're getting into. This isn't a thriller about face-blindness, it's a thriller WITH face-blindness.

This book is heavily a slow burn, and unfortunately, unlike The Lost Village, the peak was "meh". I really wanted more from the ending and was a bit bummed out when I didn't get it. The twist did surprise me, but I wonder if it was because of the prosopagnosia as a scapegoat instead of making it a real twist. The story was good but definitely could have been a bit faster-paced, and a bit more fleshed out with the face-blindness concept.