Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of Scared Little Rabbits.

Unfortunately, this is a DNF for me. The dialogues, relationships, and plots were way too heavy, overdone and I could not get into it.

Scared Little Rabbits is unfortunately not for me. I had tried this book and set it down in hopes of one day coming back to it, but now it is time to mark as DNF.

I’m not sure how I feel about this one still. I liked it while I was reading it but I found it very forgettable. I did really like the characters and the story line.

Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I hoped I would. That being said, it was a good quick read.

I knew I already gave feedback a while ago but I will again since it's sitting on my shelf.

I. Love. This. Author. Geiger has a gift that must contain some type of black magic because I haven't read anything by her that I don't love. This was thrilling, haunting, edge of my seat captivating. I read in one setting and slept with the light on because of it. I cannot wait to read what Geiger publishes next.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This book looked like a fun suspenseful novel but was really a contemporary romance that didn't make very much sense.

The whole contempt of this story was really interesting. This group of teenagers created a dating app, which evolved into glasses that could be worn, and through these glasses they could actually interact. It was really cool! My only real "issue" with this book was that it's categorized as a mystery/thriller, and nothing really happened along those lines until the last quarter of the book. I really enjoyed it though, and if you're looking for an entertaining, unique YA read, I would recommend it.

This was a fantastic read. Nora is a super.bright student who has landed a place on a summer camp. Normally a loner, Nora finds herself a group and gets to work on an exciting new app. New alliances come with new complications and soon she is sucked into a web if lies. Twists and turns, young love and a missing girl. Definitely a good read!

The first thing that really intrigued me about this book was the cover and the title, I hadn't even read the synopsis yet and I knew I wanted to read this book based on those two factors. Once I started the book and found out it was about teenagers that can code, I was even more intrigued, coding has always fascinated me and I'm so glad I read this book.

I have never read anything by A.V. Geiger but her writing style was great and kept me hooked throughout this whole book. There were plot twists, romance, and I loved the characters she created. I feel like I connected the most with Nora as I feel we are pretty similar, I'm bad at talking to people and introducing myself and prefer just to spend time by myself, like she did. I loved watching her come out of her shell slowly throughout the book and how caring of a person she was.

I also really loved the setting of this book. Books centered around boarding schools have always been a guilty pleasure of mine and while this wasn't a boarding school, it was similar in characteristics and I loved it. Imaging a sprawling school surrounded by tons and trees and the history behind everything.

The only thing I disliked about this book was the ending, I can't tell if it was a cliffhanger that's going to lead to a sequel or if that's all we got. I'm dying to know what's going to happen between Nora and Maddox so I really, really hope she has another book planned with those characters.

*Thanks so much to Sourcebook Fire for the complimentary copy for my honest review!*

I was a little concerned when I started this one.

I was expecting a thriller. Instead it seemed like it was going to be angst and omg he’s hot and mean girls. If it seems that way to you, give it a minute. Once the author gets going, this becomes a tense and suspenseful thriller.

It soon becomes clear that most of the character are more complex than you expect…and most have some dark secrets.

There’s some fun text, cute crushes, and, yes, danger!

A very enjoyable, fast-paced read!

Scared Little Rabbits, for me, is one of those books where you say it was fine but in all honesty there are just a lot of other books that do it better.

Overall, this was a book that was easy to full into. The writing style was easy, if not entirely engaging. The characters had things to root for and the backdrop of a coding summer camp was a nice backdrop.

Beyond this though, this book lacked a lot of depth. I never felt any connection with the characters, nor was I ever particularly interested in the mystery element of the story. Sadly, this book just felt quite lackluster.

I also had some gripes with the romance. For one, there was too much. This easily could have been a tween romance with the way cheesy dialogue and very set-up situations throughout the book.

In the end, this wasn't a book for me.

When Nora is accepted to a coding camp for the summer, she doesn't expect to be drawn into searching for missing student.

I struggled with this book if I'm being honest. I love YA and thrillers but I found myself disappointed with the ending and the twists didn't grip me enough. I will recommend it to the students I teach as I think some of them may enjoy it.

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy.

DNF. Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for this early copy! I decided to not keep reading this one, it was not for me. Thanks!

Hnnngggg I absolutely loved this novel. It was quick, action packed and overall, just a great read. So, what attracted me to it, you ask? I can’t remember what exactly why I requested it, but I think that maybe it was that gorgeous cover that looks like a glitching screen and a synopsis that is guaranteed to make anyone pay attention.

Now I feel like one can not fully understand how much I enjoyed this until I tell you my secret shame. Not only did I read this in a single sitting, it also involved me reading until 3am when I should have been sleeping. I literally started reading in on my Kindle, simply meaning to read a couple of chapters before bed. I was wrong and while I am now writing this while extremely tired (I had to be at work at 8), it was well and truly worth it.

So Scared Little Rabbits opens on the MC Nora (she is one of 2 POV’s through the novel) and her friends awaiting on the confirmation of the identity of a dead body. Rewind three weeks and she is arriving at a very expensive and very exclusive summer camp at the Winthrop school. Being the outsider, Nora decides to download a virtual reality app that has been a favourite of many her age. Then her world is turned upside down when Queen Bee and coding extraordinaire Eleanor decides to make her stay a living hell after Nora’s first ‘friend’ turns out to be Eleanor’s better half. As things progress it becomes crystal clear that no one is who they seem with quite a few twists and turns thrown in.

I really loved the inclusion of the diary entries from one of the characters perspectives. They give a vague idea of how the mystery is going to unravel without giving away anything super important to the overall plot. I also really enjoyed that we got to see the whole thing from multiple points of view. I mean, who doesn’t love witnessing the scheming that goes on behind the scenes?

I honestly don’t think this novel would have been as enjoyable if it weren’t for the fast paced narrative that takes place over less than 3 weeks. There’s flirting, breakups, A LOT of sneaking around and so much tech development that it felt a little farcical but, hey, I loved it anyway.

I only had one real peeve with this novel. It is made out to be a sort of YA thriller but most of that doesn’t happen until well into the novel. Instead, its more about a bitchy rivalry and super smart rich kids which ends in tragedy. But that’s small potatoes for just how great this novel was.

Overall, all I can say is I really loved it even though I had zero expectations going in. It’s fast-paced and super well written with some very clever twists. Good for those who loved We Were Liars.

I really enjoyed reading this book! It was just such an easy read, I finished it so quickly, it was really fast paced, and the story was so compelling! Plus with the prologue being near the end of the program, well, it had me itching to find out what exactly happened!

The whole idea of the app was pretty interesting. And I really enjoyed the fact that all of these characters were really good at coding, that we had 3 ladies who were. Sure, Maddox had talents to, but he brought beauty to the table more than coding skills, even if he was talented. At least, his role in this book wasn't focused on his skill, given that it's his relationships with Nora and Eleanor that caused a lot of drama!

We did get Eleanor's online diary entries, which was pretty interesting, given that she kept hinting at something, and I just wanted to know what was going on. And given the way that she was acting, well, when Nora became a suspect, I just wanted to know how it all worked out!

That twist at the end, I guessed it before the characters did, and I was just on the edge of my seat, waiting to see how and when they'd figure it out. And it was all just a little sad, that if one thing hadn't have happened, all this loss wouldn't have happened. And it's just a little sad!

Yeah, I really enjoyed this read, it was thrilling, and I really enjoyed it!

This blurb was super misleading, to say the least. A student goes missing but that doesn't even happen until the last 100 pages. Yikes. And the rabbits? Goodness, the relation of rabbits to the story and title just made me want to gag. Ugh.
The story was original, no doubt. It created an eerie setting that strived to show the effects of cyber bullying. Really good. But ultimately, the execution fell really short. The ending was rushed, abrupt. The twist was not a good one, though.
I loved the author's first book and was looking forward to this but it ended up being a disappointment.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the e-ARC of Scared Little Rabbits by A.V. Geiger.

AV Geiger is a talented author who has a knack for writing YA thrillers that pull the reader in and leave them hanging until the last page!

I really enjoyed reading about Nora, a talented high school coder, who is wrongly accused of committing a serious crime. She must figure out what's really going on behind the scenes at the prestigious Winthrop Academy in order to clear her name and to find out what happened to a missing classmate.

Overall, Scared Little Rabbits has a great plot and relatable characters.

Five stars for AV Geiger!

I always love the innovative stories that A.V. Geiger creates and this one is no different. By combining females in STEM, this book goes above in crafting the perfect crime mystery; one that will leave you sitting on the edge.

Scared Little Rabbits by A.V. Geiger is the story of Nora. She spent years preparing to apply to the Makers program at the prestigious Winthrop Academy and once she finally got in things couldn't have gone more differently than she had hoped for. Drama, coding, first love, and murder.

This is the first book I have ever read that starts on a cliffhanger. No, not the type you usually hear about when people discuss books, a literal cliffhanger. Well, I guess that isn't entire correct either considering the person hanging off the cliff was no longer there anymore... So we begin this story with a cliff that lost its hanger.

Nora just arrived at Winthrop Academy to begin her summer program that she has waited years for. This prestigious program produced one of the world's most-used apps called Instalove. It is a combination of Instagram and... let's say Tinder. Nora downloads the app right before she arrives at the program so she is an entirely new user in a place where everyone has been using the app for a long time. But something else for the app is in the making and it's being tested during the duration of her summer program. It is a sort of virtual reality in a pair of glasses that also acts as your cell phone so you can send texts and call people. Nora enters the program with an idea to build something unique but somehow she gets dragged into the production of these glasses and quite possibly first love. All she has to do is fight off that first loves ex-girlfriend with the same name as her but that might prove to be easier than she thought.

This book was very interesting to me because it involved a lot of coding and computer work which I am very fond of. I think if it wasn't for the mental intrigue I would have given the book a little bit of a lower rating considering I spent the entire book yelling at Nora to be brave. I remember texting my friend who read the book a few days before me how much Nora was frustrating me. I understand that that is who she was as a character but something about week women characters just bothers me. By the end of the book, she redeemed herself so that was another saving grace.

When I saw the cover reveal floating around for this book I got so excited. Does that say A.V. Geiger?! Yes, yes it does. HECK YES! I requested this book so fast. You see, I was given the chance to review the author's previous two books and I LOVED THEM so I knew I couldn't pass up the chance to read and review her next book. While I can say that I did not love this book as much as her previous duology I did enjoy it. It was very different from her first book but her writing style and character development were all the same and that is what drew me in from the start.

In the end, this book was a fantastic new addition to the author's works. I cannot wait to see what she comes up with in the future. She will always be an auto-read author for me.

Overall, I gave the book 4/5 stars.

Scared Little Rabbits
By: A.V. Geiger

Spoilers*

I received a free e-ARC through NetGalley from the publishers at Sourcebooks Fire. Trigger warnings: death, violence, injury, threats.

Not my cup of tea. A little slow for the promises left in the synopsis. The synopsis of this book immediately drew me in, but it ended up being a little teasing (maybe it isn't the right word) and it misleads me as a reader. Don't get me wrong the premises is spot on and the writing is good, I just couldn't seem to get past the small promises with the first interactions with the book.

It sounded like this was going to be a suspense novel about a missing student, but the student didn't even go missing until the last 100-ish pages. So we have to make it through 300 other pages before it feels like the book even starts. Though, with that aside, I did find each of the characters fit perfectly into a contemporary romance-thriller.

I am going to read it again (and send a copy to a friend I know will love it) and give this book another shot!