3.5 stars

Tw: blood/gore, death, animal death

This book was off to an amazing start. It was mysterious and intriguing, and I was immediately hooked. I didn’t want to stop reading. But unfortunately, around the halfway mark, it had lost its charm. I felt like a lot of what came next was confusing and ultimately unnecessary. There was a lot happening without a lot of explanation, and the end felt jumbled, almost rushed.

I liked the characters, but they ended up shallow and too stubborn for their own good. They all seemed like unreliable narrators, though the story stayed mainly in Izzie’s POV. I didn’t like the popular group; they were more annoying than anything. I didn’t see the point of their rivalries or their drama, or them being out to get one another. Specifically, Viv and Amanda, and Harry and Connor. Why?

Also, the ending was predictable. By the time I got to it, I didn’t really care, and details blurred together anyway.

The premise sounded cool, but as a whole the book failed to deliver. It gets points for hooking me and being unique, but it definitely fell short.

I didn’t hate this book, but ultimately I didn’t really like it, either.

(I feel like I should say more but idk what else there is to say.)