This is a coming of age crime/thriller book. It is YA and therefore perfect for those just coming into the thriller genre as young readers. I read this first then passed my kindle over to my son so he could read. I think it was fast paced and kept us guessing the whole time. While it wasn't mind blowing, the relationship between the kids was fantastic. I loved reading about them. The dynamic was so intensely compelling and they made this book for me.

I did ask the preteen what he thought. His answer... "I liked it." I call that a win with the preteen age. Three words is more than I get some days.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review.

I really enjoyed INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT by Levis Keltner. I give this one a solid 4/5 stars and would highly recommend it. My full review will follow shortly.

Thanks to Netgalley and to the publisher for the free advanced ebook copy in exchange for my honest review.

Rating: 3.0/5.0

The story starts revolving around three teenagers, Doug, John, and Emily. They come together when Emily's sister Erika gets killed to what is rumored to be a satanic sacrifice. The town is devastated and the police are unable to solve this case. So Emily who prefers to be called E, along with John who is the favorite of everyone in the school but suffers from cancer and Doug form a group to go and search the woods to find some clues or catch the killer. Soon other characters will join them in their mission.

The story was decent, but it concentrated on the relationships between the characters more than the mystery itself. I liked it better when the story was more about the three characters. I felt it watered down when other characters joined them. I appreciate it that the writer despite dealing with what you can call a young adult mystery he tried to make his writing style leaning towards literary. Sometimes I felt the dialogues were longer than necessary in some situations or the events were slow a bit. Overall I give Into That Good Night a good 3.0 stars out of 5.0.

I grabbed a free copy of this book when it was available on Netgalley's Read Now section and this is my honest unbiased review.

I am not sure how I feel about this book. Basically a young woman is killed in the forest and a group of misfits, including the victim’s sister, band together to investigate. But really all they are doing is hanging around the murder site. And the reader doesn’t get much actual information about the crime itself. Everything is filtered through the kids’ point of view. Add to this a writing style that was too formal and impersonal for the story and perspective. I felt the author should have made a choice: young adult book about unlikely friendships or literary discourse on youth and coming of age. Somehow this attempt to combine both missed the mark for me.