Last summer, Alice Ogilvie’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. She’s not talking, so where she went and what happened to her is the biggest mystery in Castle Cove. Or it was, at least. But now, another one of Steve’s girlfriends has vanished: Brooke Donovan, Alice’s ex–best friend. And it doesn’t look like Brooke will be coming back. Enter Iris Adams, Alice’s tutor. Iris has her own reasons for wanting to disappear, though unlike Alice, she doesn’t have the money or the means. That could be changed by the hefty reward Brooke’s grandmother is offering to anyone who can share information about her granddaughter’s whereabouts. The police are convinced Steve is the culprit, but Alice isn’t so sure, and with Iris on her side, she just might be able to prove her theory.

I need to admit here that I had no expectations for this book before I started reading it but now that I have read this book and have to review it, I need to say that this book is very very good. But as always I will explain everything in this review so if you are interested in hearing my thoughts about this book, then keep reading this review. 

The plot in this book was very good in this book, from the very beginning of this book I was completely hooked into the plot of this book. The beginning of this book is kinda slow, almost too slow for my liking but the deeper I got into this book I was more and more hooked into the plot of this book. I also liked the Agatha christie and Hercule Poirot comments in this book, which really made me fall in love with this book deeper. 

The plot in this book have hooked me so well that I had a very hard time putting this book down. Because I personally love YA mystery thriller books, and this book is the reason why I love those books. I personally love the small town mystery thriller involving teenagers solving a murder aspect of mystery books, and this book gives me exactly what I wanted and love about mystery books.

The characters in this book are very relatable and likable. Which really made me give this book extra points for doing. Because if I cant find myself liking the characters in a book am reading then its a huge red flag for me and the rating of that book wont be high. Both Alice and Iris are very relatable and likable, at the same time both of them have completely different characters and backstories. Alice is the rich girl and formerly the popular girl at the high school, where Iris is the poor girl, who is A grade student and likes to keep to herself and not drawn attention to herself. So we get those 2 different perspectives on life coming together and crashing together. Which made me like this book even better for me personally. 

At the same time the characters in this book felt like real human beings, which to me speaks how well the authors of this book have created the characters we get in this book. 

The writing in this book is very good and easy going. Which is pretty much typical for a YA book which this book is. The writing style was simple and easy going but at the same time it isn’t too simple. In a way the writing style does complement very well the easy going plot in this book. 

There is a huge plot twist at the end of this book, which I personally didn’t see it coming. Which in a way had blown my mind in a way because I have never suspected that character to be behind the murder. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5