Excuse me??? A thriller sequel better than the original??? I love this for me.

Do yourself a favor and listen to the audio production. Like the first book, this one includes a lot of spoken content - podcast excerpts, recorded interviews, extensive dialogue, and our protagonists inner thoughts.

This sequel starts with what seems like a mundane disappearance of a 24 year old guy who can likely fend for himself. While the police have no reason to suspect foul play, our protagonist digs. And she finds a mess of instagram catfishing gone really wrong (a plot device I reaaaaally enjoyed) and tales of strange behaviour from our missing person.

Lots of red herrings, lots of twists, lots of aftershocks from the last book bleeding into this one. That said, it's not worth trying to solve the murder or speculate theories as you read - much like in the first book, crucial clues are not revealed early on. But if you go in with the expectation of just enjoying the ride and watching our teenage detective sieve through the clues as they come, you'll have a blast.

Recommended only if you've read the first book (this doesn't quite stand alone - the context from the past book is important), if you liked it at least a little (because this one's better), and especially if you can get your hands on an audio production.

Excited for book 3!!

More thoughts here: https://youtu.be/7rhiwvWp9YY