I think there are not many tropes I love more than a "locked-room" Mystery of any kind. No matter where the characters find themselves, if it's seemingly inescapable (and dangerous), I will follow that story anywhere. I suppose that technically "locked-room" refers to a death (homicide) in which the location is locked from the inside, and only the deceased is present (witness Agatha Christie's THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD); but for me, Isolation is the key: characters can get in, but they can't get out (supposedly). Isolation is maximal in SHIVER, on a mountain, on a glacier, with snowstorms imminent, with accidents, and disappearances--and Every Single Character Lying! YES! ROCK ON!!

Ok,I was really impressed! This book has been sitting on my TBR for quite a while and I thought now would be the perfect time to read it. Overall, the plot kept me hooked, and I loved how the story alternated between the present day and flashbacks. The flashbacks added so much depth to the characters and really built up the suspense. I found myself trying to piece everything together and enjoyed the twists along the way. While it wasn’t perfect and dragged in a couple of spots, it was still a fantastic read overall. If you're into thrillers with an atmospheric setting and a touch of mystery, this one's definitely worth picking up!

Thriller set in the French Alps loosely based on "Then there were none" (Agatha Christie). Five friends are "invited" to spend the weekend at the top of a ski lift just before the ski season starts. It turns out that they do not know who invited them and mysterious things start to happen. When the friends start dying, it becomes a race against time to find out who is killing them and to survive. An enjoyable page-turner which I enjoyed while skiing in the Swiss Alps.

As a competition level snowboarder, Milla and her friends spent many days and nights together for practice and meets. After many years of little to no communication, the group is coming together for a reunion, well, most of them anyways. One member disappeared from this same resort, never to be heard of again.
This is the back story. In the present, the group arrives to find they were brought to the resort and stranded there by an unknown. The concept may not be original, but Allie Reynolds has managed to throw a complete of twists and turns into the unknown's vengance agenda. The group must pull together or die trying.

I really wanted to love this book, especially with it being a closed-circle mystery. But, there was a lot more winter sport details than I expected which didn't interest me. It lost my attention and I did not finish.

I really enjoyed this debut novel by Allie Reynolds. This book is about a group of snowboarders that reunite years later and the past comes back to reunite with them as well. I like the change between now and then to fold the past into the present timeline. The book gave me Ruth Ware vibes from "One by One" since it had some plot similarity, but still had its own twist to how the suspense unfolded. The past came calling and secrets are about to surface along with what happened to Saskia all those years ago when she went missing without a trace! Who even organized this reunion that has trapped them all on a deserted mountain top?! Read to find out how the suspense takes you on a ride through the secrets that lie in the French Alps! Thank you NetGalley for the copy I thoroughly enjoyed this read!!

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book. This one ended up being a DNF for me. Too much interpersonal drama for me to follow.

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Shiver by Allie Reynolds was a fun read that kept me guessing the whole time . . . I was not even sure how reliable the narrator was! I also really enjoyed learning more about the competitive sport of snowboarding. Thank you for the opportunity to read this book.

Wasn't a big fan of this one. It had way too many complicated relationships, but with only like 5 people. Who slept with who, who liked who, who betrayed who. It was just too complicated for that ending.

Full disclosure, ended up listening to this on audio, so maybe that is why I was bored with this one.

The atmosphere of closed off, icy surroundings didn't do anything for me to create the scary, claustrophobic feeling it was supposed to.

Those who like friend drama, might like this one.

This was an interesting and well written book - and living in an area where it gets really cold and can get a lot of snow, I really enjoyed this one.

Milla is really looking forward to meeting up with some old friends at a ski resort. But, that quickly ends when they realize that this won't be the enjoyable time they though. Why were they brought together after all this time?

There was a lot of excitement and thrills going on in this one. I really enjoyed it.

This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

A fun, minimalist read great for fans of Agatha Christie-style locked-room mysteries. Add to that a beautiful, mountain setting in France, and former Olympic-hopeful snowboarders, and you have the perfect recipe for a relaxing day on the couch with a quintessential whodunnit.

Shiver was everything that I had hoped it would be from the above summary. I love nothing more than a "locked room" type of mystery setup where the characters are being picked off one by one as a play off of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. What made this book stand out for me as the reader is that it was set in the alps during a snowstorm. I LOVE a mystery/thriller set in the middle of a snowstorm which is effectively trapping the characters from leaving. It's almost like this book was written for me personally because it had everything that I love all in one book. And the best part was that I truly loved this book! I found it to be one of those books that just pulls you in and doesn't let you go. I'm writing my thoughts on this one months after reading it and I can still clearly remember the tense atmosphere that the author created within the pages. I was left guessing the entire time I was reading it trying to figure out who was behind it all. There were certain things that I guessed but others that I didn't whatsoever. I also really enjoyed the snowboarding aspects that the author included within this book. I've always enjoyed watching snowboarding so learning more about the competitive side of it was really intriguing. There were just so many great things about this book and I cannot say enough good things about it!

Overall, this is a book that I highly recommend to both mystery and thriller readers. This is an author to watch in my opinion because it was just that good. I will be picking up whatever she comes out with next - that's for sure!

Bottom Line: A book that is very likely to make my top reads list of this year!

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book thanks to the publisher and NetGalley. I ended up reading a physical copy courtesy of my local library.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons for my copy of Shiver by Allie Reynolds in exchange for an honest review. It published January 19, 2021.
I loved the early 2000's snowboarding scene that half of the book was set in. I could totally picture it and loved the culture surrounding it. The author built up the suspense well, and made a great love-to-hate character.
I felt like the author did some things in this book that I didn't really enjoy, and felt unnecessary, but I suppose that's the way things go to stand out these days.
I think any thriller reader who doesn't shy away from sex scenes would enjoy this. If sex scenes aren't your thing, they are easily skippable, but sneak up on you.

Friends reunite 10 years after one falls victim to a tragic accident and another mysteriously disappears. After an initial "Icebreaker" game turns menacing, the reunion goes downhill from there. There are many references to snowboarding that were completely over my head, but I enjoyed the underlying mystery.

This is the perfect winter read. I loved the twists and turns that were revealed as the plot thickened. It's a great mystery/thriller and my "Nordic" fans will be excited to have it!

I heard so many great things about Shiver. I was a little nervous to start because I wasn't sure if it would live up to the hype.

Shiver is an absolutely fantastic debut novel! I cannot wait to see what Allie Reynolds does next. The book was so bingeable and unique. Five friends are invited to a reunion in the French Alps, 10 years after one of their friends vanished on the mountain and has been declared dead. Once they arrive at the resort they realize that they are not safe and someone is out for revenge.

Reading the flashbacks about a bunch of 20 year old professional snowboarders who are living like they don't have a care in the world was pretty fun. That time in our lives is so short, yet seems so crucial and insignificant all at the same time.

I'll be honest that I figured out pretty early on who the mastermind was. I just wasn't sure of the how or why.

I loved this frozen tundra whodunnit!

Suspicious characters throughout the story, each one with their own reason for potentially having murdered the missing Saskia, 10 years earlier. All back on the same snowy mountain, in a deserted lodge, having been invited by an old friend, who now says the invitation did not come from them.

The smell of Saskia’s perfume and strands of her ice-blond hair on pillows…. Is this Saskia’s ghost? Is Saskia still alive? Is she exacting her revenge on this old group of friends for events that took place years ago?

This mystery/thriller will have you guessing until the very end. Time will fly by while reading this whodunnit – that’s how good it is!

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to preview SHIVER by Allie Reynolds.

After ten long years, a group of friends decide to spent time together at winter resort. There are five people - Milla, Brent, Curtis, Dale and Heather and although this seems like a friendly reunion, it quickly appears that there is more to this "vacation" than meets the eye.

Ten years ago, these five people were on vacation - and it didin't turn out so well that time. Soon all five of them begin to feel like they can't trust each other and the motive for this reunion is mysterious.

Their last vacation led to a death - will this one too? And who is behind this and why.

Good Book - somewhat predicable, but still worth reading.

3.5 stars.