Unreliable narrators are usually a deal breaker for me in novels especially in first person. I think this is because I read more extreme stories about this when as an undergrad but I can't say for sure where or when the distaste started. Slowly over the years I've gotten more comfortable with the concept of it, which is why it was one of my personal book challenges this year. This book had been on my radar for a bit although I would personally classify this more as 'The Breakfast Club' meets 'And Then There Were None' due to the locked room aspect.

The premise is all there; five kids go into detention and only four walked out. It's a great whodunit with an awesome twist that I admit I did not see coming but I enjoyed it and it didn't feel like pandering, like so many 'twists' do. There's not a lot I can say about it without risk of spoiling, but I'll do my best.

One thing I feel that author did well was keeping the secrets secret until they wanted them revealed and that was good. The pace of the reveal was well done too; it didn't feel rushed or that it was dragged out which isn't always the case in books like this. The one drawback i felt was that it was a little difficult to tell the difference between the four narrators. It always indicated who was talking but the same cadence was used and there really wasn't a different in language either. However that was a minor thing and didn't change my opinion of the book either. I really enjoyed this to the point that I stayed up later than I probably should have finishing it. I will be reading the author's second book as well and look forward to it.