The YA thriller queen and New York best-seller author Natasha
Preston is created a darker world where people can do anything to survive.
Summary :
In Piper's hometown, teenagers keep disappearing, and
everyone assumes they're just a bunch of runaways. But when yet another person
disappears, Piper and her best friend Hazel suspect something more sinister is
going on.
So they decide to investigate, determined to learn the truth.
Their search for answers leads them to the source of the missing people...and
their captors. Piper and Hazel suddenly find themselves locked away in a
secluded building in the middle of a privately owned forest.
But the building isn't only meant to keep them imprisoned;
every room is a test to see if they can make it out alive.
And failure means being lost...forever.
Genre: Thriller
Language: English
Pages: 304
ISBN: 978-1492652267
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire ( 26 March 2019)
Review:
This is my first read from author Natasha Preston. She has
written 30 books many of them were mystery-thriller. Honestly, I was drawn to
this book by its beautiful cover.
This story is set in small town of Aurora where teens are
getting missing over a year. But most of these teens are considered runaways so
authorities are not taking action about it. But when Piper and Hazel’s classmate
went missing, this duo starts to question about these missing incidents. They
decide to investigate about this case by themselves.
During this investigation, they mate two handsome boys who
offer them lift in the middle of forest (okay, I know who go with strangers
when teens are getting missing around). So these two girls who were trying to
solve case got kidnapped instead.
All those teens, who are gone missing are not runaways. But
they are kept captives by these two lunatics. These two guys are children of
very rich people who fund the town. They have build maze like place where they
held this teens. But wait, it’s not all. This place is specially design to
torture. Each room is dedicated to specific torture method which I find really
interesting.
To survive this you have either to kill someone or you may
get killed by your friend!!! But there is no escape.
I really do like the concept of this book. It remind of those
horror movies which centered on teenagers where no one get to survive. I love
how author has built the torture room that was unique. I enjoyed reading the
part where our main lead has to face this torture room. The bonus part about
these rooms is there are five rooms of each kind!
Let’s talk about Piper, our protagonist. She may appear as
nerdy who love to watch crime documentaries but inside she is fierce. She has
such strong mind that even in this kind of situation she acts brave to annoy
her captors. Throughout book we get to see more of Piper’s brave nature and her
numerous attempt to get free from this hell hole.
Overall, this book was good read. All this psychological
cat-mouse game was brilliant. I completed the half book in a day, but after
that problem with this book began to show. There were lots of plot holes. There
was no background information on story villain, I mean no one born bad guy
right?
Biggest thing that disappoint me was the ending. I did not expect
that kind of ending. It feels so out of place with Piper’s character. Some
people may like this cliffhanger, but it did not work for me.
But if you love psychological thriller especially with twist
of mind games, then this book is for you.
Rating: 3.5/5
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