Thanks to Inkyard Press for sending me an ARC of this book. It has not affected my honest review.

I've been on a real thriller kick lately, so I threw my TBR out of the window so I could pick this one up. This was a well-written YA thriller with dual POV between two teenage characters from schools with very different reputations. Jenna is a student at Preston Prep School, while Adam is a student at Rookwood, a local reform school. Jenna is out taking photographs at the Bay when she hears shouts for help, and she sees Adam pulling one of her classmates out of the water. They think that they've stumbled across a tragic accident until it turns out that Colleen was murdered - and Jenna's best friend is the main suspect.

I read this thriller in one sitting. It wasn't the most compelling YA thriller I've read recently, but it was an enjoyable and fairly quick read. I liked the dual narrative POVs and the way the book added mixed media sections to add in police interviews and other details for the case. I think the flashbacks could have been made a little clearer, at times I was struggling to work out exactly when each of the flashbacks was taking place, but I do think that they helped the story unfold in an interesting way, unveiling the mystery piece by piece.

I didn't buy into the main characters' romance, unfortunately. It was alright, but they had this pre-existing tension that I don't think was made clear enough at first. It felt like they were both drawn to each other for some big secret reason, which fell flat a little bit once I realised what it really was. Also, they didn't really have much chemistry. I liked them working together to find out what had happened as their friends were implicated in the crime but they didn't convince me as a romantic couple. Ultimately, the ending fell a smidge flat for me too. I just didn't feel like the twist was seeded enough for me to feel like we could have predicted it - my favourite part of a thriller - but it also wasn't shocking enough to be a completely blind twist. There was nothing particularly wrong with this book, it was a perfectly fine thriller, but equally I won't be raving about it. I think I'll be on the look out for any more thrillers from this author, as the writing is good and it was easy to read.