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The Assassin Game
by Kirsty McKay
I received a free digital copy from the author/publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest feedback.
In an isolated and exclusive boarding school on a Welsh island, the Assassin's Guild is the club everyone wants to join. Once a year new initiates join and the whole club play a game called 'Killer' where members are killed off using tricks such as smoke bombs and red paint - nothing too dangerous and nothing illegal. This year, things take a weird twist when there's another Killer and the game takes a dangerous turn.
The premise of this was exciting, it was like Pretty Little Liars mixed with Scream and then some boarding school action thrown in. I liked the Guild's history and how they went about some things like the sorority pledge-like initiation and then the cave with the statue, the bracelets and the ritual goblet. The game itself seemed pretty clever though I wondered at times if it was a bit far-fetched and if teachers and other students would be so okay with everything that was going on.
Cate, as a character, didn't totally do it for me. She seemed a bit of an enigma - she wasn't very popular, was described as mediocre at best in the looks department and was a bit of a drab queen yet she had a bit of a rap sheet with the guys. And can I just say that all the guys, even Vaughn - the main love interest, were really creepy. I felt like everything they all did just had a mega creep vibe to them and I didn't feel any likability coming off them at all and wouldn't like to meet any of them on a road in the dark!
This didn't have quite the thrill I was expecting from it and not everything turned out very surprising for me. But I think people who are fans of the Pretty Little Liars and Scream TV shows will like this one.