(3.5)thank you so much net galley and holly jackson for giving me the opportunity to read this! i love agggtm and i was really excited about this . i feel that it's not a bad book i just think this one wasn't hitting that much for me. holly jackson writing is so addicting and calculating, but i had my own personal expectations about it. however, i still recommend that you tune in APRIL 2!!!

Beware of the incoming book hangover. Having been in a book drought for a couple of months I was really looking forward to reading this, and it was everything I wanted and more.

The book centers around Bel, a teen whose mom disappeared 16 years ago. Post disappearance Bel had been raised by her tight night family, her father, aunt, uncle and grandpa. While filming a documentary about the disappearance, Bel's mother Rachel suddenly reappears. Once Rachel reappears the slow burn and build to an action-packed ending. There was so much detail and activity in the ending that I to slow down to ensure that I didn't miss any details.

Just when you think you have it figured out you get another twist that is very satisfying, especially knowing that the breadcrumbs were there in plain sight.

Looking forward to picking this one for my next book club selection.

*SPOILERS MAY BE BELOW*

I would like to start by saying that this was an amazing book. I do believe it had a little bit of a slow start but that overall the book got so much better. I throughly believed that Rachel wasn’t who she said she was, or that she was making everything up. I believed this for a majority of the book and then about 60 to 70 percent through the book was when the twists started happening and they never finished!

The amount of times my jaw dropped, I audible gasped, and asked questions out loud the last 30 percent of the book was something I haven’t experienced in a book in a few months. I don’t know why at the first I didn’t think that this book would be up there with A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder but let me tell you it is and I will be recommended this book to all my friends, readers and non-readers alike.

The hint of romance in this book is something that at first I thought wasn’t needed but quickly started rooting for and would love to see more of this in another book if it was to ever happen. The family relationship was something that I also held onto as the family showed so many different emotions towards what was going on as well as to each other and it kept you on your toes.

The massive twist that released the answer to everything about this story was definitely one I did not expect, nor did I have any suspicion over and that is what makes this book so much more intriguing and made this book the amazing book that it is.

The fact I even got this book earlier is something I’m very honored and thankful to get the opportunity, as Holly Jackson is an author I very much look up to and will continue to read and she will continued to be an auto buy author!

So, I’ll start by saying I am a bit biased on this review. I personally love a good thriller.
The author did a great job creating characters feel real. I thought they were very developed and had real flaws and strengths.
I wouldn’t call this one a slow burn, but it was slow at times but the plot kept moving forward.
The ending wasn’t as twisty as I was wanting but the ending was satisfying.
Overall, I would probably recommend this book to others.
I gave it a solid 4 stars!

Holly Jackson is an author whose books I will buy as soon as they're announced. Let me tell you how excited I was to be selected to read this ARC!

Holly is a masterful thriller writer. The Reappearance of Rachel Price follows Bel, an 18 year old girl who has spent nearly her entire life living in the shadow of her mom's disappearance. When her mom disappeared 16 years prior, she was present at the scene, but being a young child, she remembers none of it. Now, as she's eager for the documentary to wrap about her family and her mom's disappearance, suddenly her mom reappears.

While this isn't a fast paced thriller, it certainly moves forward well. Each chapter presents a piece of the puzzle, leaving you to where you want to figure out why Rachel Price has suddenly returned, where she's been, and who is lying, because everyone seems to be keeping their own secrets.

I absolutely loved the style of writing. Just as you find out a piece of the puzzle, you're left with more questions. Holly moved the pace masterfully for there not being a lot of action for about 75% of the book. You're never really sure whose point of view to trust, and it makes for a fantastic story.

i could not put this book down!! i was so interested to see how this mystery was going to play out after reading the synopsis and finding out bel’s mom reappears after her disappearance of 16 years. i will say i kept thinking i had it all figured out but it just kept twisting and turning. the ending was slightly morbid lol, kind of reminded me a lot of as good as dead. but this was just what i needed to fill the void after agggtm series!

Bel’s mother Rachel disappeared 16 years ago, and was presumed dead.
Until one day, she reappears, after having escaped from her captors. As Rachel begins to return to normal life Bel gets the sense that her mother is not being fully truthful about where she has been the last 15.. I mean 16 years.
I really enjoyed how this book began, by focusing on the mystery of Rachel’s reappearance rather than her disappearance. Jackson does a great job of sewing doubt, and making me as the reader feel just as uncomfortable as Bel did. I did find some parts a little predictable (I love guessing the twists). However, I was also frustrated with the ending. I wanted the 3 women to really be able to enjoy their lives together, and I feel like the ending casts a shadow – and doesn’t allow them to live their truth completely.

This book is both a Holly Jackson classic while also being different from AGGGTM or Five Survive. I think one of the overarching themes in this book is obviously family. What would you do for family? But also, what holds you together as a family? Is it just genetics? Is it the values you share? The memories? I feel like I'm oversimplifying it but what I loved about this book is how Holly Jackson makes you feel what Bel goes through. There's this innate horror in realising that there's something wrong and it has to do with your own family. The call is literally coming from inside your own house. And even though Bel grew up without Rachel, they're still mother and daughter, it still makes you wonder just why Rachel would lie about anything? Why did she disappear? Why did she suddenly reappear? And how did she really spend those last 16 years?

Apart from the plot, I absolutely fell in love with our main girl, Bel. She's feisty and a little mean sometimes but it all comes from this place of hurt. From the trauma of her own mother leaving her alone in the backseat all those years ago. But at the same time she's so set in her ways that yes, as a reader you notice things the other characters say that she doesn't fixate on but it's not annoying. And then there's Ash. My sweet summer child. I think he makes the perfect counterpart to Bel, the one who believes her when no one else does, her partner in crime. I love him. That's all I'll say.

I do think that in the last 70 ish pages there's a lot that happens, so fast that you barely have time to really digest what's being revealed. However, it makes sense for it being the climax of the book and things simply happen that fest and it's not like Bel can just take a break in between chapters. In general, the ending felt different to the endings in Holly Jackson's other books but it made sense and it's what the plot needed I believe. All in all, I'm in love.

Bel has no real memories of her mother, just what she’s been told when she went missing when Bel was two. Sixteen years later, Bel is now working, at the recommendation of her father, with a documentary crew to discuss the unusual disappearance of her mother. Bel goes along with it for her father’s sake, after all he’s the parent that’s always been there… but when Bel’s mother, Rachel, turns up, everything Bel thought she believed, might’ve been a lie. Bel needs to uncover the truth, and fast, with the help the documentary crew before they’re gone and it’s too late.

Jesus that was whirlwind. I swear Jackson can have me so sure of a plot, then skew it so i’m questioning it, only to be right all along. This one felt so eerie to me, for reasons I can’t quite explain. I feel for Bel though, that confusion, the loss of trust. Ash was a great side character. Reminded me a bit of Ravi and Pippa from AGGGTM except they don’t actually get together. Overall, a solid read, I finished it in one day … and might’ve aggressively asked to have quiet time so I could finish it.

This book is a slow-burning thriller with a great payoff. The story is dark and twisty and shines a light on the exploitative nature of true crime documentaries. Readers get to see what it's like to have your family dissected by the public for their proximity to a notorious unsolved mystery. The main character, Bel, is an 18-year-old whose mom disappeared when she was only two. When her family signs on for a documentary about the case, Bel's mom reappears at their home, to everyone's shock. Bel takes it upon herself to unravel the truth about the past sixteen years, realizing how much of her childhood has been shaped by the adults around her. This book kept me at the edge of my seat!

**Thank you Netgalley and Delacorte for the e-arc **

I honestly don't know how Holly Jackson does it, but she DOES IT. AGGGTM is one of my favorite series of all time (please be a TV show soon!) and Five Survive had me on the edge of my seat. I didn't get my yearly Holly fix last year but this book made up for it.

The story opens with Bel and her family being interviewed for a documentary about the sixteen-year-old disappearance case of Rachel Price. Rachel vanished one day, leaving two-year-old Bel in the backseat of her car, and hadn't been seen since. Now eighteen, Bel can't wait to get out of the shadow of this case. Well, until Rachel suddenly reappears (hence the title ;) ) and throws Bel's life into a tailspin. She doesn't trust her "mother" and her story about where she was and how she escaped, so she works alongside the documentary crew to investigate.

What I loved:

The pacing is where Holly Jackson excels. She slowly unfurls this mystery, giving only breadcrumbs. We are investigating alongside Bel, taking the info we're getting and questioning how, why, what, where etc. We don't trust who she doesn't trust and we side with those she sides with until we're told not to.

The romance (or lack thereof) When I dive into a Holly Jackson book I know I'm getting a story that does not revolve around romance. It's barely there and when it is, it's super real and sweet. Bel's got other things to worry about, but she knows a cute boy when she sees one.

The ending. I pride myself in figuring out mysteries but this one threw me for a loop! You're all going to have your jaws on the floor.

I usually put what I didn't care for here, but I don't have anything! There isn't anything I needed more of or anything I wasn't impressed by. This book is as perfect as perfect gets.

In the acknowledgments, Holly says that is the best book she's ever written and she's right. This is a tour de force. Thank you, Holly, for all that you do.

Wow.
This one will stay with me, I can already tell.

It started a little slow, I'm guessing now on purpose, considering how intense it gets as it progresses.
I still can't quite form coherent words yet. But it was good. Really good. Great. Amazing. Plotty and twisty. (You'll get that reference after reading.)
Holly Jackson, please never stop writing.

It was good to see Holly Jackson doing another book aside from her previous YA series.

This book follows a similar vibe in terms of a mystery and a young heroine trying to uncover the plot. There were a few plot holes for me in terms of the logistics surrounding Holly's disappearance and subsequent reappearance in addition to the way the conclusion of the novel tied up.

Without giving any spoilers that would inevitably give away the whole book it appears that they child/parent relationship is a bit strange to me. In some cases too much liberty is given and in some senses not enough. Also logistically keeping someone in a truck container for 16 years would inevitably smell and hygiene would be an issue.

With those couple points aside, I thought this was a good follow up to her previous writing and show a bit more variety in terms of style.

Holly Jackson, does it again with another gripping true crime story. This book truly left me wanting more, and I really did not see the twist coming. Very well done and very well written, and kept me entertained the entire time.

I have to say I was nervous. I loved the Good Girls Guide to Murder Series but Five Survive fell flat for me. Not to mention the new book takes place in New Hampshire and I know she’s from England so I wasn’t sure how’d that go over. Boy it went over well. I loved very bit of this story, it was plotting and twisty and Holly does it again with writing a teenage girl character who’s not completely likable (and not in that I’m not like other girls way). I had ideas of what would happen but nothing was completely right even if I had snippets. It was fast paced and made me want to read GGGtM again. Oh and the way she ties up every single damn loose end is just perfection.

I LOVED THIS BOOK. I read it all in one day, and I was captivated by Bel and her story from page one. I audibly gasped multiple times and the twists just kept coming. I absolutely loved this book and can’t wait to recommend it to readers in store!

This one is for the fans. If you loved GGGTM trilogy, you will love this standalone thriller! I love that Holly Jackson makes a YA thriller feel anything but young or childish while still making it appropriate for all ages. I had such a fun time with this book!

The Reappearance of Rachel Price centers around Bel Price, the daughter of the infamous Rachel Price who disappeared with Bel in the backseat of the car when Bel was two. Fast forward sixteen years and the Price family is filming a documentary about the disappearance only to have Rachel reappear. Bel and the rest of the Price family readjust to their new normal with Rachel back home but as she shares the story of where she has been, Bel notices her story has a lot of holes and isn't adding up. Bel teams up with a member of the documentary crew to investigate her mom's disappearance and reappearance.

What I loved about this book was how author Holly Jackson knows how to write a story of a young girl unraveling a mystery. In GGGTM we had Pip investigating a murder in her small town and now we have Bel investigating the disappearance of her mother. While these books have such a similar vibe and feel, the story still feels fresh and new.

Holly Jackson has another hit on her hands and I'm so thankful to Netgalley and Delacorte Press for the advance readers copy!

Thank you to NetGalley and Delacorte Press for the advanced readers copy of this book.

The Reappearance of Rachel Price follows Bel as her mother reappears after being missing for sixteen years. Not completely certain that her mother is telling the truth about where she's been, Bel sets out to unravel her mother's lies. Bel desperately wants things to go back to normal in her life. However, the more she discovers, the more Bel turns her world upside down.

I normal love anything that Holly Jackson writes, however, I had a hard time getting into this book. For me, it had a slower start and pacing than previous Jackson books and made it harder for me to keep picking it up. I personally didn't feel invested in Bel as a character. However, around the halfway mark, things did start to pick up with the twists and turns and I flew through the second half. I think that the twist was done well enough that it redeemed the novel for me and its slow beginning. However, I cared more about Rachel and her story than I did about Bel. Despite the slowness of the book, it is still a novel I will be recommending to others.

Starting off by saying this - if it wasn’t for the last 30% of the book, I would have given it 3 stars.

While the idea and storyline were very interesting and the book ended with a great twist, this book was so slow for the first half.

I enjoyed all of the characters and Jackson does a great job of keeping the reader guessing. I didn’t enjoy this book as much as “A Good Girls’ Guide to Murder” but I think it was because of the slow start.

Bel’s character was interesting to me and I did find her irritating despite being a very troubled 18yo.

The twist definitely was not what I was expecting and I did find myself going “how is this going to end?!” because I truly could not figure out how Jackson was going to loop it together.

I will absolutely be reading more by Jackson.

While not my favorite, Holly Jackson has created another character who is likable, though flawed and complicated. Recommended for fans of Karen McManus.