Wow. All I can say is wow.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

Did I say up way to late reading this book? Yes I did.

Was I super scared at first while reading? Yes I was.

Did I see the ending coming? No I did not.

Thank you, @netgalley and @randomhousechildrens @delacortepress for the e-arc of Five Survive!

Brava, Holly Jackson, this book was everything I wanted it to be. I really enjoyed A Good Girls Guide to Murder, but Five Survive was VERY good.

✨Six friends go on a road trip for spring break. When they take a wrong turn and get lost on a rural road in South Carolina, they become trapped by an active shooter looking for a secret. All six friends are pushed to the brink as they try to escape and figure out which secret is deadly.✨

I was captivated by this story! Red, the main character, has great (sometimes repetitive) internal dialogue and kept me guessing the whole time. Oliver, the annoying older brother of her best friend did exactly what I wanted as a reader. He drove me crazy while reading, but with purpose.

Overall, this book had a fast pace, lots of action, suspense, and a who dun it quality that I loved.

Highly recommended!

This book is thrilling chaos incarnate. While the Good Girl's Guide to Murder series felt intricately plotted, Five Survive feels like a good kind of messy. It's real and raw, as we watch 6 teens locked in an RV devolve Lord of the Flies style. While I predicted the main twist, there were so many others that I didn't see coming. And the suspense that Holly Jackson builds is next-level. As the hours tick down, the situation becomes more dire (and deadly) and you won't be able to put it down. Everyone has a secret and they're all coming out by the end of the night. (Though I'm still wondering why Red is so fixated on the curtains!?)

*Thank you to TBR and Beyond Tours, Delacorte Press, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review*

After some wrong turns in the dead of night, Red and her five friends find themselves in a broken down RV with a sniper holding them hostage. One of them has a secret and must divulge it if they want the others to live...

Five survivors is a brilliantly tense thriller which kept me guessing at every point. Big twists and dramatic reveals, its everything you could possibly want from mastermind Holly Jackson

After absolutely loving the AGGGTM series, I had really high expectations for this one. This book is an adventure. The beginning felt a little slow, but once it picked up I was hooked. There were even a few places where I wondered how Jackson would move the story forward, which is a great feeling with a thriller. Red was an unreliable narrator but that really fueled the story in a cool way. I will absolutely pick up this author's next book!
Thank you to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I enjoyed this fast paced thriller by Holly Jackson! It was exciting and full of plot twists. Red was a very interesting character and I am glad she was featured so strongly in the story. I thought a few of the other characters were a bit over the top but it didn't detract too much from enjoyment of the story, Thanks to NetGalley for the read!

Wow, what a WILD ride this one was! This was very reminiscent of No Exit by Taylor Adams. It reads like a movie, and kept me on the edge of my seat! Perfect for spooky season :)

So at the point in the book when I realize, 6 teenagers were on this road trip and the title is Five Survive I knew exactly who I hoped would be the one to die. I won't reveal who that was, but I think you'll feel the same way when you read this. They were entirely unlikeable and I was hoping one of the other people would be the ones to bump him off. Red especially deserved to have that honor.
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Six teenagers are on their way to spring break, they are traveling via RV and at the moment looking for their campsite before continuing on in the morning to their destination. When the service starts to disappear no one is suspicious (not surprising since they seem to be traveling deep in a wooded country). However, a wrong turn leaves them with a flat tire and miles away from a phone. When all the other tires end up blown out by rifle fire the group goes into panic mode. The person who shall not be named began showing even more of who they really are than the initial drive was revealed. Then contact with the mystery person is made, they are looking for a secret, and won't let them go until it'd revealed. Plans are made... and they fail epically. Over and over.
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As the group is trying to figure out if their secrets are the ones the shooters are looking for they are becoming more unhinged. They have 31 feet of dead RV filled with 6 people and the tension along with the heat and claustrophobic feeling just keeps rising.
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This book which I absolutely flew through kept me on the edge of my seat, and I did not expect at all what was going on until it was revealed... and I absolutely loved that ending! I can't wait to see what Holly Jackson will come out with next!

Thank you NetGalley for the copy of this book.


I absolutely loved this book. Holly Jackson hit another one outside of the park. This book is labeled as YA and it makes me super happy they are. As a HS librarian, I read a lot of YA and so I love it when I love the books just as much as my students.



This story is about friendship, loss, betrayal, survival, and love. Six friends rent an RV for a trip and they get lost. Upon trying to turn around and backtrack, their tires get shot out and someone is trying to kill them.



Who is trying to kill them and why? Someone has a secret.

Thank you netgalley for this arc! I really wasn't too sure about this book. I was very excited to read it, but it was a struggle at times. The first half fell a bit flat for me and it took me a long time to get through. Now the second half was exciting and thrilling. Filled with plot twist after plot twist and I enjoyed it. This is my first book from this author and I'm interested in more.

WOW. Holly Jackson has done it again!! I loved the AGGGTM series, and she definitely did not disappoint with “Five Survive”. This is was a pulse pounding book that I just could not put down!

Summary: 6 friends are on a spring break road trip in an RV when they get a flat tire. Things quickly progress when there is a sniper trying to kill them unless one of them exposes who they are and their secret. What a tangled, twisted web of secrets these 6 have! The whole time I was reading this, my heart was pounding as I tried to figure out who had the worst secret and what was going to happen to the group! I loved everything about it. Brava, Holly Jackson!

Thank you to NetGalley & Random House for this ARC!

Wow! This book was a slow burn from intense friend drama to nail-biting action and suspense. The plot twists did surprise me and kept me guess until the end. Holly Jackson’s follow up to her “Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” trilogy was an incredibly fun afternoon’s read.

I wasn’t sure what to expect with Jackson’s first book outside her Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. I was so excited to get this review copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

This book is an adventure. The beginning felt a little slow, but once it picked up I was hooked. There were even a few places where I wondered how Jackson would move the story forward, which is a great feeling with a thriller. Red was an unreliable narrator but that really fueled the story in a cool way.

I will absolutely pick up Jackson’s next book!

I have enjoyed Holly Jackson’s books in the past so I wanted to check this one out. I was hooked from the beginning because right off the bat this one jumps into action. Six friends are taking a road trip for spring break in an RV they borrowed from a family member. When they get lost on their way to a campsite, all hell breaks loose when they realize they are being targeted when their tires are all shot out. Who is harassing them? Could it be a local that isn’t happy they’re on his property or is there someone out there who wants to harm them for a completely different reason? As the friends work to survive the night and figure out who is out to get them, secrets are spilled and lives are lost.

I found this to be an entertaining read, a little far fetched but it kept my attention from the get-go. I look forward to whatever Holly comes out with next. Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.

Wow! My first Holly Jackson novel but definitely not my last. This was amazing! The characters were awesome and just pulled me into the story. So many secrets, lies and never ending tension.
Crazy great twists and turns. Also super intense.
Highly recommend!
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book

Characters: 4/5
Setting: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Plot: 5/5
Overall: 5/5

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Holly Jackson has done it again. The only other book I’ve read of hers is A Good Girls Guide to Murder, but after reading Five Survive she has officially become one of my favorite authors.

The premise of this book is amazing. Six friends are trapped in their broken down RV with a killer waiting outside. The killer wants a secret from one of them - the other five survive.

I absolutely love books with small casts of characters because it gives us more time with each of them. Red, our protagonist, has such a unique POV that never felt boring. The bonds and tensions between each of the characters really added to their depth and made the book that much more compelling.

This book has SO. MANY. PLOT. TWISTS. I thought we’d reached the climax, Holly said NOPE, THERES MORE. Each twist was believable and mind blowing at the same time. Holly Jackson has such incredible writing, you can never go wrong with one of her books.

I actually thought this was a standalone, but I’m really hoping it isn’t because I will not survive if I don’t find out what happens next. The way this book left off was perfect and absolutely left me wanting more.

Five Survive is out November 29th, and if you’re a fan of mystery and plot twists that will blow your mind, I know you’ll love it.

"Five Survive" is a rollercoaster thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. It's nearly impossible to put down.

Five Survive by Holly Jackson
For me, this was a fast paced thriller that had me hooked from the first chapter. I thought this was more of an action/ suspense than a mystery. There was also some horror and gore thrown in as well. I liked it a lot. The characters are enjoyable and you really can feel their panic and anxiety throughout the book.
Many thanks to Holly Jackson, NetGalley, Random House Children’s, and Delacorte Press for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

As a fan of the series for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, I was really excited to read the ARC of this book. Unfortunately, it fell short. Way short.

Predictable. After the first two chapters, I wrote down on a post-it note exactly what I thought would happen for the rest of the book. I was right about everything but one thing (it had a very unsatisfying ending).. Anyone who has watched a horror movie from the 80s and 90s can tell you exact;y what is going to happen next. Really. It's THAT predictable.

In this one, we have 6 kids in an RV, who are driving south for spring break. They get lost in the middle of nowhere and their phones won't work. And then the tires of the RV are all shot out, Who did it and why? That's the big mystery..

Our main character, Red, hints throughout the story that she has a secret and that no-one can know. There's just NO WAY anyone knows her secret. But of course, you know this is the whole focus of the book, so when her secret is finally revealed, I don't think anyone would be shocked. I think even my dead grandfather would notice the clues (but he was an Ellery Queen fan and I'm pretty sure he would;ve been able to solve this after the first 20 pages too).

Disappointing. I hope the next one is better, but has new characters. None of the characters in this book were likeable.

This was my first book by this author and don't be my last. Highly addicting and engaging from start to finish!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for copy!

This is my first book from Jackson so I had no expectations and know nothing about her writing style.

But if I’m going to be honest, the first 70 percentage of this book dragged, some days I only read a few pages to try to get through. I think the author missed the opportunity to give the characters depth. You’re stuck with 6 characters in one space for 400 pages and you still know nothing about them at the end. Every character was disposable and exchangeable. If anyone dies, you don’t care.

The last part of the book picks up and gets very interesting! Were the twists unpredictable? Exciting but no, because one person kept mumbling about “stick to the plan” in their head from the beginning. Also the “ultimate villain” didn’t make sense. We also needed more background on that person decisions.

I would have enjoyed the book more if the first half was summed up in a few chapters and the book started at the last 30% and went from there.

Thank you Netgalley & the publisher for this e-ARC.