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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
5.0
challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

WOW! This book was absolutely captivating. Like, one of those types of books that once you hit a certain point nothing else can get done until you've finished the book. It was wonderfully twisty and always kept me on my toes. As someone who reads a lot of mysteries and thrillers, this isn't an easy feat!

I did predict who the killer was pretty early on, but there were so many twists and turns that I second-guessed myself the whole way through. It all still ended up making perfect sense, though, which can't always be said about books with this many red herrings thrown in. This was such an engaging read, but the full five stars comes from continually making me think again about who I suspected because everything made perfect sense for each person to be involved in what happened. Plus, I was genuinely surprised at with Aaron/Tyler's involvement and the way all of that worked out.