A Killing Cold provided exactly what I was looking for when I started it: a fast-paced, twisty thriller. No matter how many times you think you've figured it out, there's another twist just waiting to be unveiled. I will continue to look out for new releases from Kate Alice Marshall.

I love ANYTHING by Kate Alice Marshall and this book was no exception. Pulled me in right away and didn't let go until the end. I feel like this was even better than her last "No One Can Know". Pick this one up if you like a fast paced thriller!

A Killing Cold is yet another masterpiece of suspense from Kate Alice Marshall. Theo is a girl with a troubled past. She meets and falls in love with Connor Dalton. Connor is from an extremely wealthy family. Their backgrounds have nothing in common, or do they?
When Connor and Theo visit his family for Christmas at their winter cabins, things begin to unravel. The story unfolds with family secrets, dangers that lurk in the wintery woods, and mysterious happenings at every turn. It is an exciting thriller that leaves you guessing at every turn. Absolutely a 5-star read! Perfection!

First, let me beg you to take this review with a grain of salt. Why? Because I've LOVED her other books, and I went into this one with MASSIVELY high expectations. With that being said, while it's not my favorite of hers (nor, do I believe that it is her best), it was a quick and gripping read and definitely kept me entertained.
With that being said, let's get into some of the not-so-great things about this one (PS, there's going to be spoilers in this review):
First, the amount of times our narrator says something along the lines of "Connor lied to me" got a bit excessive. I get that she's trying to create suspicion around the character, and an untrustworthiness to Connor's personality, but I feel that this phrase was way overused (like, used on every other page, overused). It ended up feeling very repetitive and made the book slightly annoying to read.
Okay, now here come the spoilers... Trevor, absolute jerk. But why, if she trusts Connor, does she burn her hand to cover what Trevor did? If Connor loves her, and she believes he's not involved, then she should SHOW Connor her hand and explain what happened. This was just a really weird aspect of the plot, and it had me very annoyed with Theo's character.
In addition, I would put to you that the ENTIRE plot is incredibly unrealistic. Sure, Theo doesn't remember anything from her past. And sure, Connor didn't put all the pieces together either. But you're really telling me they met and fell in love by shear happenstance?! No... just, no. Yes, yes, we do hear about these crazy connection coincidence stories every now and again, but this is really outside the realm of plausibility.
Speaking of realistic, we also need to talk about this ending... what are the chances that she actually survives this? The whole snow mobile down the cliff thing just didn't seem super plausible. And then, she's being chased by a murderer and has enough wear-with-all to remember she has a knife and figure out (very quickly) how best to use it? Doesn't seem super likely to me.

I am giving four stars because I did like the overall story, and I do think she does a really nice job with character development. Slow burn, but overall, a quick read (but if you're a mood reader, I'd plan on this one in the winter).

Note: this review is now posted on my GoodReads account and I am going to encourage my bookclub to add this to the list after it's published in February!

Kate Alice Marshall does it again- Five stars 👏🏼 👏🏼

When Theo travels to the mountains where her wealthy fiancés family awaits to meet her, things feel all too familiar. She starts receiving texts and gifts telling her to leave. All her childhood memories she lacks slowly start to come back to her while visiting this mountain.

You can only imagine all the crazy twists and turns that unravel in this book. Don’t even get me started on all the secrets everyone has!

Wowwwee, I loved this thriller. Highly recommend reading this but good luck putting it down once you start.

Huge thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for this advance readers copy in exchange for my honest review!

I found much to enjoy in the initial 60% of this book. The ominous atmosphere and the remote, mountainous setting kept me gripped throughout. The main character resonated with me, and I eagerly anticipated her unraveling the mystery of her past and its impact on her present. I initially believed this would be a solid 4-star read.

However, beyond the 60% mark, the pacing of the conclusion felt rushed and poorly executed. The narrative seemed hastily constructed, with too many obvious red herrings and unresolved storylines.

I was also disappointed by the romance subplot, which relied heavily on "fate" and felt overly contrived. The convenient alignment of events felt unrealistic and detracted from my enjoyment of the protagonist's journey.

The story is intense, and I love how the author sprinkles bits and pieces along the way. I have read prior books by this author, so when I saw that she had an ARC available, I immediately requested it!

4.5 stars for the genre

KAM is unstoppable. Her books just get better and better. This one was unputdownable and I loved every minute. Great characters and a great story to boot!

Theo is engaged to a wealthy man named, Connor. He is a member of the powerful Dalton family. Theo had an event at the age of 4 that leaves her life before then a mystery. Theo has her secrets, but then so does the Dalton Family.

As Theo goes to a winter retreat with her fiance, to meet the Dalton Family. Theo started to receive mysterious text messages prior to her trip to Idlewood telling her to stay away from Connor.

As the week goes on that Theo is at Idlewood with her fiance, bits of her childhood start coming back to her after finding an image of herself as a child there and the Dalton family secrets start to get revealed.

I am a fan of Kate Alice Marshall's books and this is another that I am a fan of. I stayed intrigued the whole time and loved the little twists she put throughout the book.

4 stars out of 5.

Wow, this book immediately drew me in and I could not put it down. There were many twists and turns I did not see coming but everything is wrapped up nicely by the end of the book. The reason I docked it a star was due to the way the book went from past to present. It doesn't tell you who you're reading in the past and you have to figure it out. I found myself going back to re-read to make sure I knew what was going on. The characters were all very well developed which I think really helped the reader understand the story. Overall, this was an excellent read and I look forward to reading more from the author.

In A Killing Cold, we meet Theo and Connor. They met and fell head over heels for each other and got engaged quickly. Connor is from a very wealthy family who owns a mountain retreat, secluded from all. Connor and Theo go around Christmas time, trying to convince his family they aren't rushing things. Theo keeps getting threatening messages to leave Connor alone and leave the cabin. She ends up finding a photo of her from when she was younger and tries to piece together her childhood, which she has little to no memories of. Everything ends up rushing back to her but is it too late to leave?

Thank you Netgalley and Flatiron Books for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

A KILLING COLD ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Thank you for the ARC NetGalley. Theo, a newly engaged woman is going away for 2 weeks to her wealthy fiancés family’s property for 2 weeks for Christmas. Having never met them, she’s nervous and intimidated by their wealth, and hierarchy within the family. When she arrives, memories of her past come to light, things begin to feel….familiar. This was a good thriller, twists and turns and an unreliable narrator. With 48 short chapters, it’s an easy book to not put down with mystery at every corner. I enjoyed it, and think others will too. I just felt at some point it felt a bit more exaggerated than it needed to be.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC! It’s an intriguing story from the start! We have Theo, fiancé to a wealthy man, who has secrets. Her life slowly teases and emerges in drips of dialogue. We do know that her life changed drastically from the age of 4 but beyond that, her past is a mystery. Then we have the fiancé’s snobby family. Boy do they have secrets! Whose secrets are the worst and can the couple get past them? The story is intense, and I love how the author sprinkles bits and pieces along the way. I have read prior books by this author, so when I saw that she had an ARC available, I immediately requested it!

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC of this book. What a fantastic read! Kate Alice Marshall is an auto buy authors for me from this point forward. The story itself was incredible and intriguing. The characters were extremely well done and I just love our main character Theo. Any mystery/ thriller reader would absolutely love this book. Highly, highly recommend.

Another fabulous book by Kate Alice Marshall!
Theo doesn't know who she is, who her family is or where she's from. All she knows is that she was adopted by the Scotts when she was four.
Theo and her fiancée, Connor are headed to his family's mountain to meet his family over the holidays when Theo starts having memories of her childhood. Even stranger, she seems to be familiar to some of the family and she seems to remember some of the locations. Could Theo have been here before?
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this digital ARC.