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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.

Cold was an interesting thriller, in that the POV writing was a bit unique. We transitioned from the first and third person, depending on the chapter. Our third-person writing was from the ghost perspective, and I've personally never seen this done before. With this story specifically, when this worked it really worked, and when it didn't...it was bad. Tamaki's prose is incredible, and it really shows from the ghost perspective. However, from Georgia's perspective, some of this prose feels detached from the character's personality. Not that we really even get to understand much of her personality, to begin with.

For a ghost story, unfortunately, this wasn't particularly scary or even sad. I didn't feel attached to any of the characters, and the mystery was an easily solvable one. Everything was very surface level, and I think with more in-depth character development, I would have been able to feel a bit more about the whole thing. This wasn't the case, though, and thus the 3-star rating.