I received an advance reader's copy for free in exchange for an honest review.

One sentence review: A fast-paced mystery, not the best I've read, but worth reading once.

I read this book in one sitting. It is a fast-paced, quick read, and I can definitely say I enjoyed reading it. Micah was a great character, and I liked his relationship with Anna, and getting to see into his head - seeing how he's a broken child who is a little too attached to his new family.

Now, the problem is... I just wasn't buying it. The blurb already sets Micah up as the killer, so I knew it was a possibility, but at the beginning of the book it felt like Zoe was freaking out about perfectly normal and understandable things. Oh, the neglected and traumatized boy longing for a family gets attached to your kid because he always wanted a little sister? Yeah, girl, that's like, normal.

So even later when actual creepy things started happening, it just felt like Zoe overreacting because of the beginning. Micah felt like an obvious red herring instead of the actual killer throughout the book, so there was no tension.

Now, whether he still ended up being the killer or not... You'll just have to read and see for that. But either way, the build-up wasn't there for me.