This was definitely a slower-paced mystery/thriller, but I still thought it was interesting. I just wish the characters were a bit more captivating. I really am such a character-based reader, I really need to be invested in the characters to care about the plot happening to or around them.

I think I also didn't feel like the stakes were high enough?? Which is very weird because people were literally being murdered, but it wasn't made to feel super high stakes. It was a tad monotone when it came to that kind of things at some points in the book.

I also found the ending to be not nearly as satisfying as I wanted it to be. This could've had an amazingly climactic ending, but it just didn't hit that way.

I would like to read other books from this author though, I can see this author creating some amazing stories, but this book just wasn't the one for my I think. And I do think this was a debut author, so I can give a lot of wiggle room for that. I definitely think that any form of art (writing most certainly included) improves over time.

Thanks to NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review! My Goodreads review is up and my TikTok (Zoe_Lipman) review will be up at the end of the month with my monthly reading wrap-up.