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First published May 10, 2021
Overall: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Steam: 💋 only
Feels: 🤔🤫🙃😓😖😲
~REVIEW🖋~
The Quick and Dirty: Girl moves to a new town and tries to start a new life to escape her parents’ murderer, except everything is indicating that he may have found her.
I was hooked from the first chapter! Emily Kazmierski did a great job setting the reader up to feel all the angst of the storyline and while I did guess a few aspects of the story before they were revealed, the twists and turns along the way kept things interesting. Psych thrillers aren’t my normal genre and I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed reading the book.
I did have a few small qualms with the story. The first that I found there to be a few parts at which I questioned the plot and felt there were a few holes. I also questioned the MC’s actions several times because they felt more like plot devices than genuine responses but then again, she’s a teen so... The biggest issue I had was the feel of the ending. The author does a fantastic job building up the tension and the angst so I think I was expecting an explosive ending. I felt the pace and transitions of the book were really good, and I didn’t see the twist at the end coming but it was the delivery — I felt like that entire section needed a little more; more time to breathe and a little more oomph because the tension throughout the book was so high. Overall a good read and I’m excited to see what happens next; I’m just hoping the ending of the next book is explosive as opposed to just a sizzle.
**I was graciously offered an ARC in exchange for an honest and voluntary review.**
~QD STORY DETAILS~
Shelves: YA thriller/mystery
Location: Near Santa Cruz, California
MC age range: Teen
Lead: Megan
Love interest(s):🤫
POV: 1st person
Tear jerker: No
HEA: No, mild cliffhanger
~QD BOOK INFO~
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Paperback page count: 315
Publisher: Self published
Audible: No
Series: Yes - Don’t Look Series
1. Don’t Look Behind You - released 05/10/2021
~QD 🔥~
Sex/kink type: N/A - kissing only
Possible triggers: violence, harassment, PTSD, kidnapping, graphic mention of homicide