Challenge Corner discussion

You probably know someone like Shay Miller.
She wants to find love, but it eludes her.
She wants to be fulfilled, but her job is a dead end.
She wants to belong, but her life is so isolated.

You probably don’t know anyone like the Moore sisters.
They have an unbreakable circle of friends.
They live the most glamorous life.
They always get what they desire.

Shay thinks she wants their life.
But what they really want is hers.

Chapter fourteen - (view spoiler)[I don’t understand Shay is like she is missing every opportunity and realizes but doesn’t do anything about it. I still don’t know what is the big secret with Cassandra and Jane’s club(?) I don’t know if to call it that but well… (hide spoiler)]

Chapter twenty – two - (view spoiler)[I’m shocked with Shay’s attitude. She is willing to do anything for Moore’s sisters just to like her, she is so lonely she needs like this attention from the sisters. I still don’t understand Moore’s sisters is role in all this is like they help some unfortunates girls but maybe this James guy is her stepbrother? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter forty – one - (view spoiler)[I don’t know which is crazier if the Moore sisters, Shay, the whole “gang” or all of them. So far, James seems like the victim here, he raped Daphne and maybe the whole squad kill him? And what about that “test” they did to Amanda about Beth’s ex-husband? This gang seems to have trouble with mens. I’m a little shocked Moore sisters just change Shay making her look like Amanda. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter Twenty-Two
This is not the book to read late at night! Oops.

(view spoiler)[I'm not sure if I've ever actually read a psychological thriller before. I thought I had, but now I'm realizing I probably haven't. It's kind of an odd genre. Like, I know there's something weird about the Moore sisters, and I really don't know if I want to know what it is. I feel like I need to know more about the other girls in their group. I really want to follow the story with Daphne and James especially, that seems really interesting, but I kind of like how it's interspersed in. The whole story makes me kind of mad, because I know I relate to Shay the most, and I want to like the others, but I know something's up with them. (hide spoiler)]

End of Part 1
(view spoiler)[I'm more and more confused by the happenings in this book. All of the sisters' actions are just so creepy, and I get the feeling at least Stacey and Daphne don't really know what's going on with them either. Part of me wants to keep reading and part of me want to slam the book down and turn away. But I don't really give up when I'm this curious. (hide spoiler)]

End of Part 2
(view spoiler)[Oh my god are you fucking kidding me? THAT was their plan? I mean, I guess it makes sense, with all the revenge stuff, but ugh. Also, why do they have to keep pulling so many women into this? I kind of hate this TBH. Obviously we're not supposed to like the sisters, but what in the world has them so hell-bent on revenge that they would do this? Makes me wonder if Stacey, Daphne, and Beth aren't just being used as well. Although it's hard to tell with Stacey, because they've had her hack into Shay's stuff. (hide spoiler)]

Finished
(view spoiler)[For my first psychological thriller I didn't find this bad. I'd still be interested to know how much Daphne and Beth were actively involved with duping Shay, that part wasn't really clear. I'd want to know more about them. That twist at the end though with Valerie being the third sister...wow. (hide spoiler)]

Celia wrote: "25% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[If you saw the clues you will connect the dots I was a little disappointed when I knew what was going on but maybe that's because I had read some thrillers books already and movies too so my inner investigator came up. (hide spoiler)]

Circe wrote: "Celia wrote: "25% [spoilers removed]"

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I'm not great at picking up on this kind of thing but maybe it's because I'm still less than halfway in. Hopefully I will be a more seasoned mystery reader after this month as I have been reading a lot of new mystery subgenre books this month, with one cozy and one regency mystery already, and at least one other cozy and one other thriller planned.

@Celia: That can happen but I hope you like this one!

Chapter fifty – six - (view spoiler)[I can’t believe how stupid Shay is… She has every little piece right in her face and didn’t grab it, she clearly doesn’t have an instinct at all. Now she goes all Sherlock Holmes instead of asking for help in the police. Why the heck did she stays with the scalpel and the bloody towel? If it were me I would run to the police instead she just asks herself what the Moore sisters would think the fuck is wrong with this girl. I get it she is so damn lonely we all have been there but this is a whole new level where she does anything for their attention. I’m tired of her idiocy. (hide spoiler)]

Finished - (view spoiler)[I really hated when someone turns out to be an investigator from night to day, it really pissed me off all the things Shay did and who she became. I don’t like the idea the authors left in this book. So… the Moore sisters have the right to kill people because they were hurt by them? And Beth? And Daphne? Is pretty fucked up what happened to them but they don’t have the right to go and kill every person that hurt them.
I’m glad Shay really thought about checking if Detective Santiago was real at least but I still can’t believe Shay was foolish enough to keep texting a guy even when she didn’t know him and in all this where the heck were the CCTV in all those places? C’mon lets be a little realistic.

There were so many details and parts that were so damn non-realistic if this were set in a time with no technology I would believe it a little more but not nowadays, ugh. (hide spoiler)]