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This book is incredible. Truly hard to believe it's a debut it's so well crafted. The pacing is IMPECCABLE. I stayed up all night to read it in a single go. I truly haven't read anything else so binge-able all year. This is going to be a TikTok sensation, calling it now.

Quite note for the publisher: the quotations have gone awry in several moments. Dialogue tags are clearly not where they were intended by the author, and I hope this can be fixed before the book goes to print because it's truly a breakout book and I'd hate to see it poorly reviewed due to some formatting mistakes.

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Wow! This is another one of my fastest reads. I was able to devour this book in one sitting, completely drawn into the mystery of a seventeen-year-old girl who wakes up in a ditch, covered in blood, with a crushed nose and a lump on her head, in the middle of nowhere. She has no idea who she is. At the same time, there's Drew, another seventeen-year-old boy accused of the disappearance or presumed murder of his girlfriend, Lola. Are these two events connected?

However, the girl who lost her memory has already been taken home by her worried dad, who drove her from the station and told her a story about meeting her in a cabin. She might have had a car accident, and her name is Mary, so she's not the same missing girl Drew is accused of killing, even though her body hasn't been found. Officer Roane is determined to pin the crime on him to provide closure to the very concerned citizens of the small town.

As Mary spends more time with her overprotective dad, his conservative and controlling ways, which prevent her from going outside without a disguise, raise questions in her mind. Why can't she remember him? But, most importantly, why can't she remember who she really is?

Meanwhile, the town's shunned boy, Drew, is determined to unravel the mystery of his missing girlfriend. Guilt eats away at him because he let her go on the night she disappeared. Can he piece together the clues and track down Lola's location, which may lead him to the cabin where Mary resides and provide the answers he's looking for? Could these two mysteries be connected?

Overall, this is a well-written, heart-throbbing, riveting, and exciting page-turner that you shouldn't miss. I initially planned to give it four stars, but the epilogue featuring Drew affected me more than I expected and brought tears to my eyes. So, I've added half a star and rounded up my rating to 4.5 stars! I'm eagerly looking forward to reading more works by this author in the near future.

Many thanks to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire for providing me with this unputdownable book's digital review copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.

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