This book has so many twists and turns that left me completely unable to try to guess how it would end!

This YA novel gave me paranormal mystery thriller vibes.

Another easy page turning. I just kept wanting to know what was going to happen next. This was such a quick and easy read.

Thank you Penguin Teen, Net Galley, and Ginny Myers Sain for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Secrets So Deep by Ginny Myers Sain

YA paranormal thriller - 400 pages

Expected release date September 27, 2022

I first ran across GMS on Instagram and fell in love with the cover of her first novel Dark and Shallow Lies. The moment she said she was releasing a new book I knew that I needed an ARC. THANK YOU so much for allowing me early access to this book. It is just as amazing as your first novel.

GMS has a real knack for setting a mood. Her ability to make the atmosphere come alive as much as the characters on the page blows my mind. The story builds layer upon layer and makes you continue to guess the outcome. I had so many different scenarios running through my head with each turn of the page.

The story is brilliant and truly hope GSM writes countless more novels.

Recommended ages 16+
Rating 5 of 5 Stars

Secrets So Deep is an emotionally gripping book seeping with mystery. I loved the Long Island Sound setting and the theatre aspect! Avril and Cole were powerful characters who I was rooting for throughout the entire book. I loved that there was local legend incorporated in the mystery of what happened to Avril's mom. Between this, the creepy fog and the eerie things happening to Avril, this book certainly makes you wonder if something supernatural is going on! I loved Avril discovering herself and her supportive friend group along the way. I also enjoyed the slow burn mystery with something new always being uncovered. The ending and the truth was certainly not quite the twist that I was expecting and the author did a marvelous job wrapping everything up. What an ending though!

A deliciously dark treat of a thriller, this book dishes up all the right ingredients: an isolated theater camp filled with ambitious students, a mysterious drowning, and a nightly fog haunted by whispers and shadowy figures.

Avril has returned to the theater camp where her mother drowned long ago. She's seeking the one thing she doesn't have: memories of her mother, even if they are second-hand from people who knew her. But as soon as she arrives, she hears the legend of the sea calling to those it claims. And she's one of the ones who can hear the whispers. Haunting, atmospheric and creepy, this book draws you into its dangerous fog.

The camp begins to trigger memories, and every night the fog sets in, bringing ghosts and confusion. But Avril finds an ally and a romantic interest in Cole, the son of the playwright, Willa, who also happens to have been her mother's best friend. Together, they fight off the darkness.

This book is a page turner, with twists and turns will keep readers guessing. In the end, Avril and Cole may find out that the most dangerous thing of all is lurking in the fog: the truth.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Wow this book was a wild ride. The title fits perfectly secrets really did run deep!! I love Ginny's writing and absolutely adored Dark and Shallow Lies I will say I had really high hopes that this would be just as good if not better. I found that while I enjoyed it I didn't enjoy it as much as Dark and Shallow Lies.

I really enjoyed the characters. They were all so interesting and complex. I loved Avril's romantic relationship but I really enjoyed her friendships. Especially with Lex I feel like everyone needs a lex in their lives. I think the romance was good, I did think it was kind of insta lovey but progressed slow enough that it felt more natural. Also I loved the overall setting. The setting of a theater summer camp was so fun and added to that classic dangerous summer camp feel. I also appreciated how the book had great strong themes of finding oneself and processing grief.

I really enjoyed the overall mystery and the strange things that kept happening to Avril in Whispering Cove. The fog and strange sounds and visions and nightmares really helped make us the reader wonder what is real what is not real. I do think that the ending happened a bit abruptly and I think it was intentional but I would have loved a more conclusive epilogue. I just wanted to know more. I think this is where the disconnect happened for me I just wanted more it felt like such a big climax and reveal that I had to backtrack and reread the ending to see if I missed something.

Overall this was a good summer read and I do recommend checking it out. Fans of YA mysteries/ psychological thrillers should definitely check this out!

Thank you to Penguin Young Readers Group/ Razorbill and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.