A tragedy binds a group of high school students together. Nine survivors of a crash, and the decisions they made back then to keep a pact is haunting them.
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Ten years later, at their annual get together at “The Shallows”, they learn one of the original survivors has overdosed! Then another one comes up missing shortly after arrival!
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This novel was full of secrets, lies, deception and cover ups that had me waiting for the next crazy crisis!
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A necklace, cards, knife, camera and other things are clues to a coverup. With someone dead and someone missing who could be next? Are they turning on each other?
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Miranda did it again. She is an auto buy for me with her psychological thrillers.
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Thanks Netgalley, Scribner for this advanced copy. The Survivors is due out April 11, 2023.

After a group of teens survive a horrific accident, they make a pact to keep coming back to a beach house year after year to get together. But there is more to the story of survival that unravels itself throughout the book.

This was very typical for a Megan Miranda book. I did feel like I enjoyed it more than some of her previous books. Definitely a slow burn mystery that all resolves itself at the very end. I did not find the characters super likeable and the main narrator was a bit annoying at times. I did enjoy the past chapters much more than the present chapters, though and I enjoyed her dual timeline. The plot twist at the end was good too!

Thank you to Netgalley and Scribner Publicity for an ARC of the book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this book. Megan Miranda does it again! I could not put this triller down. It kept me on the edge of my seat and engaged throughout. I love books like this that explore several characters and contains unguessable twists. Would recommend!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC for review.

A group of friends come together every year on the anniversary of a tragedy. The whole story of this tale is told in pieces, and all is not revealed until the end of the book. It's classic Megan Miranda and a lot of people will like it. I was a bit disappointed with the feeling of dread and mistrust that seeped out of the pages from the very beginning. It's just not a way that I like to read novels, thinking that everyone is a suspect. The writing was good, the setting was interesting, and it all came together at the end.

I found this book to be absolutely fantastic! It kept me interested from start to finish. I loved how Megan Miranda revealed the pieces of the puzzle a little at a time, interspersing with past and present from chapter to chapter. The ending was phenomenal as well. Highly, highly recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of The Only Survivors.

Tell me if you've heard of this before; a group of friends with a terrible secret meet each year to renew their promise never to tell anyone what happened that fate night a decade ago.

The Only Survivors' premise is not original; it's similar to I Know What You Did Last Summer, but the Simpsons remake in their Treehouse of Terror episode was far better.

The Only Survivors lacked suspense and thrills, not to mention likable characters.

I didn't know anyone enough to sympathize or care about them and the plot just dragged on with the main character ruminating on what to do and what's going on and where is Amaya?

Then we have the flashbacks to what happened that night, told from the perspective of the remaining survivors.

That really slowed the pace of the narrative, and it was already slow to begin with.

Nothing much happens except threatening notes, a stranger on the beach, and the creepy crawling feeling you get when you suspect someone is watching.

All ho-hum cliches.

And, let's not forget that ending, which I only have one word for: Really?

If you're capable of suspending disbelief easily, then you'll have no problem accepting the finale.

I had a problem.

As always, I'm grateful for the opportunity to read The Only Survivors before publication.

I received an ARC version of this book and am leaving this review of my own accord.

You weren’t going to go to the reunion week this year. But then your friend texts you a message with another friends obituary attached - so you pack up your car and head out to the reunion. But once you arrive you learn that the person you thought texted you wasn’t who you thought it was. Now you’re not sure who it was that lured you here. All you know is that someone has a reason to want you here.

This was a tense and thrilling ride about a group of friends that are linked together by a tragic past. Honestly, we’ve seen this same plot in many other stories so it’s nothing new. But reading this book doesn’t feel like the others do. The two timelines work very well and are told through the eyes of different characters; sharing what they experienced and felt back then on that fateful night.

Sometimes being invisible is better than being wholly exposed. Whom can they trust and who’s been talking? This book is well written - gripping, atmospheric, and compelling you can feel the suspense. Some chapters are really long (not my fav thing in a book) but you’re so wrapped up in the story you hardly notice.

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This is the first book I have read by this author. The story in this book was told in fragments as the action begins to pick up at the reunion. I was first really struggling to understand why there was all of this focus on the past, until towards the end and this really would have been helpful since I struggled understanding what the motive was for these reunions. Once revealed though, it really propelled the story. This book just ended up being ok for me. The pacing was very slow and it just made the story hard to stay motivated to read in many parts. Thanks for the ARC, NetGalley. I would definitely be interested in reading more from this author in the future.

This was my introduction to Megan Miranda and I am hooked. To say this book is suspenseful is to put it mildly.. From beginning to end, the intrigue kept building and building. What also struck me as sheer talent was the sensitive and perceptive way in which she constructed this thriller. I truly felt sympathy for the characters, those who survived and those who didn't. The differing time designations added to the excitement.
I especially liked the twists throughout the story. I thought I had it figured out until I didn't. Can't wait to read more!

This was an enjoyable read if not her best book to date.

The storyline moves between the present-where 8 survivors of an accident 10 years prior come together to support each other in the Outer Banks on the anniversary of the incident, and the past which is told from each individual perspective during and after the accident.

None of the characters were really memorable to me and there were a lot of them. There were a few twists, but nothing too shocking. At the end, I found the plot to be a bit hard to follow.

This was a slow thriller for me, but I will continue to be a fan and read all of Megan Miranda's novels.

Overall a decent suspense/thriller it felt very slow to get to the main part of the story. I think there were too many characters so it was hard to get invested in all of their storylines. I did enjoy the twist at the end with Russ. I found that hard to predict.

Wow, wow, wow. I loved this book. Megan Miranda is so fantastic at writing characters you really care about, and this book is no exception. The end of this book was a jaw dropper. Pick this up when it comes out; you won’t regret it!!

This was very disappointing.
None of the characters were interesting, the setup was implausible, the constant internal monologues of the protagonist were tedious and repetitive.
The book seemed very long

Megan Miranda really is the current queen of thrillers and mysteries. I have read all her mysteries and this is one of my top three. The characters were compelling and the structure of the story was amazing. I loved that slowly the past that has bound these very different people together slowly came out one hour/chapter at a time spaced throughout the dangers they face in the present. I also love that there is always one (or more) twist that I never see coming, but none of the twists ever feel gratuitous or only there for shock value - they always mesh with the characters and their actions and choices.

This is a truly wonderful book and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery/thriller!

Thanks to NetGalley and Scribner for the opportunity to read Megan Miranda's The Only Survivors. Ms.Miranda never disappoints!

The premise was good, a group of high school classmates (not friends, but acquaintances) on a trip in two separate vans have an accident that plunges them into a swollen, rushing river. Only nine survive. The characters were compelling. Those that did survive meet every year around the anniversary of the accident to honor the memory of the lost, to assuage the survivor guilt and possibly, to assure that the truth of the aftermath never comes to light. The twist…well I have to admit I didn’t see it coming. All in all, a decent thriller.

I was so excited to see another Megan Miranda book out, and this did not disappoint. A twisted thriller about several young adults who survived a crash as teenagers and gather back together on the anniversary each year. The get trapped by flooding and tensions run high. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This book was a slow moving thriller involving an accident that happened 10 years ago. The survivors of the accident went back every year although not connecting with each other throughout the months. I never fully engaged with any of the characters. Small pieces to the puzzle were revealed throughout the story which were revealed in “then” and “now” chapters. #TheOnlySurvivors #MeganMiranda #NetGalley

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.

It’s a tale as old as time: a group of old friends with a dark secret they’d like to forget…except this time, an outsider seems to have figured out their secret. This was a decent mystery novel, but I was kind of confused by the ending and not super interested in the outcome. It kept me reading and interested, just wasn’t a standout for me.

Twisty and so entertaining! I loved the premise of this one and the execution did not disappoint. This author is always a solid pick.