I love a good YA survival thriller but this fell a little short for me. I think it would be better maybe for younger YA readers. There were things I did enjoy like the tension with the fire blazing around the girls as they try to escape. The prank the two girls played on Lily was cruel but definitely heightened the stakes. I always enjoy a good Mean Girls vibe in stories. I appreciated Lily's desperation to get home to her mother, it humanized her. However, Lily's "revelation" about what really happened during middle school felt anti-climactic and seemed to come out of nowhere. Arguing about the incident over and over slowed the story down somewhat. It also seemed to come up at inopportune moments when they're trying to escape a blazing inferno. The dialogue felt a little stilted at times. Overall, I'd recommend to younger YA readers who are interested in reading survival wilderness stories.

This book had me on the edge of my seat.
There are 3 main characters, Lily, Natasha and Elke.
Lily was visiting a college and Natasha's mom is having her give Lily a ride home. On the way, they pick up Elke. Lily got her expelled in middle school. Both Natasha and Elke have not forgotten. The ride is very tense with all 3. Then there are the wildfires nearby. The women want to stop so they get off and things go from bad to worse with wrong directions and tricks played on one another.
It was a very engaging book and great character development.
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Loved the premise, wasn't a huge fan on the execution.

10 Hours to Go follows Lily as she navigates getting home from visiting colleges when a fire warning cancels her train. She has to get a ride with her ex-bff Natasha as well as Elke, the girl Lily got expelled when they were 12. What starts as a tense and awkward ride quickly turns to one fraught with danger as the wildfires grow nearby. The three of them are trapped in the woods with fire all around them as they try to deal with their lingering hatred of one another.

I think a lot of teens and tweens will enjoy with book. It's dramatic and petty and vicious in the way tween/teen girls can be. It keeps you captivated as you're reading as the tense situations grow and it leaves you curious as to what is going on and who you're supposed to root for.

That being said, it wasn't really for me. I thought the girls were a bit too petty and dramatic, especially considering the age of the main characters. And, as someone who has read a fair amount of books in this thriller/survival genre, the twists were really predictable for me.

Overall, not a bad read and one I would recommend to students if they like survival stories with tense, dramatic, action with girls lost in the woods and a huge threat looming over them.

An okay YA thriller!
This wasn't anything spectacular. I felt that the dialogue between the characters was a bit juvenile, even being young adult.
The constant back and forth between the girls arguing, then saying sorry, then arguing again gave me whiplash. The tension/dislike between them would've still been portrayed without the nonstop bickering. It was exhausting and made me not like any of the characters.
I was hoping this was more of a "survival" type of thriller, but it mainly focused on the relationship between the girls, with a bit of a survival thrill thrown in here and there.

The ending redeemed this one for me and bumped it up to 3 stars.

I was excited to read 10 Hours To Go because it seemed like it was going to be a tense thriller, but it was not what I was expecting. There were some tense moments but there weren’t many thrills. The characters were insufferable and they mainly argued with each other for most of the story. It seemed like this past incident when they were in middle school was brought up constantly to the point it just became annoying. The pacing felt too slow in parts and it didn’t seem like much happened until the end. I just didn’t care what happened to any of the characters and I was just waiting for the book to end. This story started off promising and I was really hoping to like it, but this one just wasn’t for me. You might enjoy this book if you’re looking to read a ya survival story. If you are looking for a gripping thriller, I would skip this one.

Thank you Sourcebooks Fire and Netgalley for the ARC of this book.

This book wasn't for me. While I'm much older then the characters, I can't imagine acting so irresponisbly when I or my friends were the same age. The characters were immature, the conflict seemed silly and there was a lot of telling instead of showing.

I was first drawn to this book because it takes place in Oregon during wildfire season. Plus the revenge plot, sign me up. This book was a compulsive read for me. I found myself reading late into the night. I kept reading thinking something big was going to happen. Sadly, this book was a lot of annoyingly repetitive bickering and over the top events used to propel the plot. I honestly feel like the revenge plot in the synopsis was misleading. Not a lot of revenge takes place. The plot is also so over the top in parts, I found myself laughing. So much potential with the plot, it just needed more flushing out.

This is probably a good YA for a young reader who is just starting out with thrillers. Someone who can better relate to the constant bickering and minimal scares.

So, this book just did not grab me as the reader. There is nothing wrong with the book, but it sadly didn’t grab my attention and hold on to it like I was hoping that it would. This is not to say that others might like the book, it just felt flat to me. The characters were so so. The storyline, while it had a couple of reveals the rest just seemed to mosey along with a couple of exciting moments that just didn’t outweigh the slower ones. Thank you so very much to Sourcebook Fire and Netgalley for allowing me to review an advance copy of this book.

Thank you to the author, publishers, and Netgalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I liked this story much more than I anticipated. Three "friends" got lost on their way home and find themselves stuck in a massive wildfire. With no way out but in do they band together or set out separately? I loved that the author didn't do the predictable "we're bff now". Great read and highly recommend if you're into YA.

Dreadfully boring. Lost in the woods several times, lots of fires, petty teen drama that drags on with little to no character development. Eh.

10 Hours to Go follows Lily who wants to get home from college. Her train from Oregon to California was canceled due to a fire warning. Her ex-best friend Natasha has offered to pick her up. Natasha and Lily have not spoken in years. Lily find out that another one of her ex-friends Elke will be joining them. Elke is the girl that Lily got expelled from school four years ago. Neither Natasha or Elke have forgotten about what Lily did and they are out for revenge. Soon they decide to take a detour because of the fires. It soon becomes clear that leaving the main road was a mistake. Now they are all trapped in the woods and they have to put aside their differences in order to survive. Will they make it out alive?

This book sounded like it was going to be so great, but it was a letdown for me. I did like the whole survival accept of this book. It really did keep me on the edge of my seat. But that was about the only thing I liked about this book. The drama in this book was super childish and felt very unrealistic. A lot of the book focuses on that and it got super annoying and repetitive. I also felt like the characters were pretty boring and not well thought out. The only thing about these characters that we really learned was that they have drama with each other. The plot twists in this story were super predictable and not that shocking. This book felt unfished to me. I think the story needed to be way more flushed out.

Thank you so much Sourcebooks Fire and Netgalley for the ARC of this book.

Synopsis (from Netgalley, the provider of the book for me to review.)
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Lily wants to get home. Her friends want to get even.

Lily needs a ride—a fire warning in Oregon has cancelled her train home to California. Her ex-best friend, Natasha, has offered to pick Lily up on her way back from Portland, though they're barely on speaking terms. As it turns out, Natasha's also giving a ride to Elke Azizi, the girl Lily got expelled from their school four years ago. Elke hasn't forgotten, and neither has Natasha.

It's getting tense in the car, and it's not just about the past. There's smoke in the air, and with the wildfires nearby, staying on the road is becoming riskier by the hour. When Natasha and Elke decide to take a detour, Lily hopes it'll get them out of danger. She has no idea, though, what her former friends have planned for her.

But as night comes, the plans change again when it becomes all too clear that leaving the main road was a mistake. Now the three of them are trapped in the woods under a burning sky, with no easy way out. To survive, Lily must depend on Elke and Natasha—but after all that's happened, can she trust them with her life?

This is a great YA-ish read - full of tension and suspense and wondering who or what (the fire) will be the victor?? Well written, gripping and satisfying, I will recommend this to all age groups especially those who were choked by our Canadian wildfire smoke last year for if it turns orange in NYC they can imagine how bad the fire can be.

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This was a fast paced, easy to read YA thriller. I enjoyed the tension between Lily and her former friends; as someone with social anxiety the idea of being stuck in a car with people who don't like me hit different.

The story escalated quickly and moved along at a nice clip. The characters seemed excessively juvenile at times; but they're road tripping teenagers, so it didn't feel totally unbelievable. Harder to relate to as someone steeping in "the perspective of age," but I'm sure teens and young adults who enjoy thrillers will have a good time with this.

I'm perhaps not the primary demographic for this novel, but it was still a fun, quick read.

This book totally caught me off guard. I finished it in 2 days, which hasn't happened to me in ages. I wouldn't have put it down if I didn't need to get off the train.
I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. This book nearly made me cry on the train.
I loved how the characters and their relationship were written. I'm not usually one for road trip books, but I guess this wasn't your typical road trip book...

I received a free ebook ARC from Sourcebooks Fire via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Lily needs a ride home and her mom arranged a ride with an old middle school friend, Natasha. Lily’s 8th grade friendships ended horribly after the authorities got called to a big party. Now Lily is stuck in a car with people she doesn’t get along with AND there are forest fires that aren’t helping with their route home.

I wasn’t sure where this was going to go and the middle got a tad slow, but the end was very exciting and had me flipping pages quickly to the end. Part friendship story, part thriller - I’m glad I picked this up. A good YA read for those on the cusp of adulthood and overcoming issues from growing up.

This book was AMAZING. It was so interesting and suspenseful, I could not put it down! I really enjoyed the ending, but the whole book was good, and I would definitely read it again.

Lily needs a ride-a fire warning in Oregon has cancelled her train home to California. Her ex-best friend, Natasha, has offered to pick Lily up on her way back from Portland, though they're barely on speaking terms. As it turns out, Natasha's also giving a ride to Elke Azizi, the girl Lily got expelled from their school four years ago. Elke hasn't forgotten, and neither has Natasha. It's getting tense in the car, and it's not just about the past. There's smoke in the air, and with the wildfires nearby, staying on the road is becoming riskier by the hour. When Natasha and Elke decide to take a detour, Lily hopes it'll get them out of danger. She has no idea, though, what her former friends have planned for her.

But as night comes, the plans change again when it becomes all too clear that leaving the main road was a mistake. Now the three of them are trapped in the woods under a burning sky, with no easy way out. To survive, Lily must depend on Elke and Natasha-but after all that's happened, can she trust them with her life?


I think this book had a lot of potential! I enjoyed the writing style and found that it was easy to follow along with- the overall plot was enjoyable but a little bit slow for me personally. I think people of a younger age will really enjoy this as the survival elements throughout the book were what kept me interested. I really enjoyed the tension and drama throughout as well and it made me want to continue reading to find out how it gets resolved. I wished the characters had a bit more depth to them as I found it hard to connect with any of them and stay invested! And I wished the tension and suspense wasn’t so quickly resolved.

I think that for a YA suspense it was a good book- and the target audience will really enjoy this! I just don’t think it was 100% for me and that’s okay!

Thank you for letting me read this ARC!

10 Hours to go is a YA thriller about three ex friends and a ride that goes terribly wrong. When wildfires close down her train route, Lily gets a ride from her ex best friend and her other ex friend. They have a bad past because four years ago, Lily snitched on her two friends for a party and one of them got expelled. The two friends want revenge for what she did. When things go terribly wrong and they run out of gas and are faced with a wild fire, they have to get over their past together and rely on each other to survive.

I want to start out by saying that this book is a 4 star YA thriller. It was definitely YA so I do not thing people who don't like YA will like this book. There is a lot of drama and bad decisions made but I think that would be realistic for teenagers in the situation. If you like YA, I would recommend this book but I don't think it is for everyone.

I liked how fast paced this book was. I read it in only 2 days because I could not put it down. The characters were all complex and developed well throughout the story. There were a lot of bad choices made throughout but I feel like teenagers would make bad decisions in a life threatening situation (even most adults would). This story also examined friendships and it seemed realistic to me.

I had a fun time reading this book. A lot of YA books help me get out of slumps because you don't have to think a lot and the pacing is fast. This story was great for that. If you don't like YA, this story is not for you. However, if you do, I would recommend it!

Thanks so much to netgalley and Sourcebooks for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I didn't realize the main characters were so young (16) and were recounting a small thing that happened when they were 12. Because of their age they were really immature (for me). Friendships are hard and everyone is going through something, and those are great things to learn but probably better suited for a younger audience.

Based on the synopsis I just thought this was going to be a different type of book.

***** I have received and read an advanced reader copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for giving my honest feedback. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.*****

Great premise, but unfortunately it just didn't follow through.

Having barely escaped a wildfire a few years ago, the characters just didn't seem to have the same sense of urgency that I felt for myself.

The characters just seemed too childish, especially given the situation, and I couldn't connect with any of them.