Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read this book!

I seriously think this book needs to be reformatted or something; the chapter headings sometimes appeared at the end of the paragraph, and then the word say it was 'Ari', appeared like this

"A




ri shouted..."

It was super annoying! It looks unprofessional and threw me off every time. Add to that the blatant spelling errors, and times there was no space between words and the whole book just appeared like it wasn't ready to be published yet. Also the writing is clunky and repetitive, and I just generally didn't enjoy it. I will say i was surprised at the 'serial' killer, but more because the writing wasn't leading me any where, let alone towards understanding.

There are elements of a story here, but it needs a bit of editing. I actually considered DNFing numerous times, but continued on simply because it was an ARC. Two stars.

I tried to read this book through the eyes of the teenage me who loved horror movies. In that regard, I have to say that this is a highly effective novel. The tension between Ari and the killer pans out well, and Treggiari does her best to draw out the tension to her best ability. It skews a bit adult, but I remember my time as a teen and know that I would have loved reading a novel like this. It's a tense, fun thriller that only suffers from a brief culmination.

Oh boy is this creepy. Edge-of-your-seat, pants-wettingly creepy. This is ostensibly a young adult novel but just in case you didn't work it out from the blurb, this is definitely not for children. A serial killer, tantalisingly revealed through memoirs of their childhood, is stalking the small town of Dempsey Hollow, where best friends Ari and Lynn live. But who is it, and who are they really targeting anyway? A dark and scary horror novel, not for the faint hearted.