This was intriguing at first, but then lost me. I don't mind a slow burn mystery, but this dragged way too much. And trying to keep the sisters narrative straight from each other was very confusing and made the story lag.

I'd been anticipating this book from the moment I first read about it and the hype surrounding it definitely lived up to it. With twisted secrets and a family drama unfolding, it truly was a fantastic thriller.

I definitely enjoyed reading this text and I am excited to add it to my classroom library for my students to read. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC

When Tai and Noni were younger they lived on the island Viloxin with their parents, a mother who was a famous film star and a father who was a pharma tycoon, seemingly happy until their mother disappeared. Their father was not equipped to deal with them so they moved to New York with their Aunt. 10 years after their mother vanished they are invited back to the island to be guests of honor at a retrospective of their mother’s work. When they arrive they are blasted with memories from their childhood. Tai even finds an old script titled White Fox that may have answers to their mothers disappearance. While both Tai and Noni dive into this script and meet people on the island that knew their mother they get tangled in a very intricate web that they will have to unravel if they want answers on to what happened the night their mother disappeared.

I started this book when I wanted a little something dark and this was a good pick for that. I enjoyed uncovering the mystery along with Tai and Noni and it will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way until the last page. I really enjoy books that deal with sisters and family so I really enjoyed the dynamic between the two since they are so different. I liked that the book was told from both of their POVs and a mysterious narrator that only goes by boy. and I am glad that I got to pick up this book and dive into this world for a little bit.

Sara Faring has done it again! I will read anything she writes!! I also listened to the audio version of this book which was outstanding!

Thank you to NetGalley for my copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to Fierce Reads for providing me with an advanced digital copy of White Fox.

White Fox was more of a slowly unraveling mystery than a thriller. But when I say slow I don’t mean that the story itself is slow. The story had me hooked from the beginning.

Two sisters return to their home country after the death of their father. Upon their return they are determined that they will find their mother who disappeared ten years ago. Their mother, who was a famous actress, vanished and was never seen or heard from again. They come across parts of her final script and think it holds clues that will lead them to her. Along the way of trying to find their mother they uncover secrets about their past, each other, and grow closer together.

The story is written in alternate points of view. I have seen others say that they had a hard time differentiating between the sisters as they are written similarly but I actually felt the opposite. I sometimes struggle with multiple pov’s because of this reason but I didn’t find that to be the case with White Fox. I felt that the sisters had varying personalities and it showed through during their perspective chapters.

I look forward to reading more books from Sara Faring.

I wanted to love this book. That cover. That description. YES PLEASE. But the style and the format just don't work for me as a reader; transcripts of films, social media post transcripts, etc etc. They are jarring and they take away from the story and ruin the pace. A stronger story and writing wouldn't need extra ploys to engage the reader and weave a tale.

Sisters Thaïs and Manon Foix Hammick have spent a decade of the lives with the shadow of their famous mother’s disappearance. When they are invited back to the island of the childhood for a retrospective of their mother, they return in the hopes of maybe recapturing the memories and truth of their mama’s disappearance. But those bright and shining memories of the past might not have all been as sparkling as they remembered.

White Fox is told from the perspectives of sisters Thaïs and Manon as well as varied bits of media such as scripts and old interviews. I don’t always find this interesting, but the plot line serves this well. Mireille Fox was a Hollywood darling, it was only natural for everyone to think that they knew her; that they had some piece of her. So for the story to move along with these little bits in between the sisters’ own experience was a nice touch.

At its heart, this book is a mystery rife with its ghosts. The Hollywood starlet goes missing and everyone in her life is left behind to wonder and cope with the aftermath. It is an unsolved case. They never did find a body; maybe she’s still out there? Viloxin, the Mediterranean island that the story takes place it, has a sense of fantasy to it. It has just enough space to hold secrets. Lots of secrets.

Sara Faring’s writing is almost fanciful and very atmospheric. Her prose had a dreamlike quality to it that I personally enjoy a lot. It invoked a sense of unease in me as I was reading. Someone is lying, wait is everyone lying? Just how in danger are Thaïs and Manon in? Where do all the puzzle pieces fit in? I can honestly say I enjoyed the read.

Thank you to Fierce Reads, NetGalley and Sara Faring for the ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

I was expecting a thriller, or at least a novel with a modicum of suspense.

White Fox felt like it attempted that, but couldn’t quite decide how it wanted to work it out plot-wise. Half of the drama was perpetuated because the two sisters refused to actually sit down and listen to people before running off. They interacted with all of the major players more than once, yet when they had ample opportunities to learn something about their mother they both ran off. Repeatedly.

I also wasn’t in love with either of our heroines. Both of them were such extreme opposites that it felt almost cartoonish. One is increasingly morose and sad. The other is unceasingly bubbly and the quintessential social media influencer. Neither felt like real people, and mostly everyone they interacted with didn’t feel real either.

I appreciated that the characters were not the typical "Nancy Drew" savants when it came to this mystery. Their primary characteristics, Manon's anxiety and Thais' vapidity, made them believable and relatable. This book did an excellent job at treating the characters as whole people that existed beyond this mystery, and just happened to be in this story at this time.

I LOVED this book! I love how unsettling it was, the writing, the characters, just everything about it. i was GLUED to it and read it in just a couple of sittings. I really want to try more of this author's books. It was SO GOOD.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest reiew. Manon and Thais are the daughters of a famous actress who went missing a decade ago. After their father dies and they return the the island where they grew up, they start investigating her disappearance. Mireille was well=loved. Maybe too much so. And the family had lots of secrets that keep you guessing all the way to the end. I love it when an author introduces twists into the storyline, and Sara Faring has done a remarkable job of that. I whole-heartedly recommend this book!

This plot could have gone a lot of different ways. Even two-thirds of the way through I wasn't sure how supernatural the ending might turn out to be. There were hints of magic, of alternate dimensions. The nebulous nature of the plot became a bit tiresome with time, though I did like the exploration of the roles we play in people's lives and how their perception of that role can differ from our own. It's a bit meandering and slow paced.

White Fox is an interesting story. I wasn't sure, as it went along, what genre to fit it into. It's a YA novel - that much is clear - and it's a mystery, but there is also a touch of a fantasy element to it. Two sisters born of famous parents go on a coming of age journey to discover the secrets of their actress mother's disappearance 10 years earlier and their pharm tech tycoon father's existence and death the previous year. They return to their fictitious home country of Viloxin, a magical and bizarre country that could only exist in a book. Here they come across White Fox, the screenplay written by their mother, full of clues to her life and disappearance.

The plot is fun, dark, and at times creepy with some twists and turns but it's also vague at times and frustratingly hard to follow. Characters come in and out, and nobody gets any really strong character development, even our main characters. This creates a disconnect when reading.

What's really well done is the descriptive writing. I suspect Faring has a talent at poetry, because the writing here is all about imagery and mood. She is also good at contrasts and thought-provoking metaphors. I enjoyed reading this for the prose alone. The story is good, if weak at points, but the writing made it all worthwhile.

**Disclaimer: I was given a free e-ARC of the below book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**

Title: White Fox

Author Sara Faring

Release Date September 22 2020

Initial Thoughts

I loved the atmosphere of Faring’s first book, so I was excited to pick this one up. I was very interested in the plot of the two sisters and the mysterious island, but I was a little thrown off by the thriller vibes but much slower pacing than I would expect from a thriller.

Some Things I Liked
The atmosphere and writing were incredibly beautiful and so creepy and magical at the same time, and the ending was such a surprise and so well woven that I didn’t see it coming.

One Thing I Wasn’t Crazy About
I didn’t love the sisters. It was hard to tell how reliable they were, and at times I had to go back to figure out whose perspective we were in.


Final Thoughts
I think perhaps this just wasn’t the right book for me. I like to leave a book knowing exactly what happened, and this book just left me with a few too many questions. That being said, the atmosphere was incredible, and I loved the themes of the darker side of such seemingly glorious lives and the mixed media elements. I think anyone who liked Mexican Gothic would enjoy this one.


⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3.5 Stars



Thank you so much to NetGalley and Imprint Books for a copy of this book!

This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

I got about 70% of the way through this book and it felt like it was going nowhere that whole time. And I think the reason I felt that way is because I didn’t connect with the characters or their story at all. I just didn’t care. The book is told in alternating perspectives between the two sisters, and while they were very different people, their voices were too similar and I found myself occasionally forgetting who was talking. I ended up DNF’ing the book, because I wasn’t invested enough to stick around to figure out what the mystery was. However, I think there is an audience for this book. It just wasn’t me.

White Fox is intoxicating! I was completely sucked into the thrilling mystery of finding the truth behind the disappearance of Noni and Tai’s mother.

Ten years after their mother’s disappearance, Manon (Noni) and Thaïs (Tai) return to their childhood home on the island of Viloxin. As the girls each face their own darkness, they also confront hidden truths about their family.

I loved how Noni and Tai were imperfect while continuing to be strong females in a world of men. They both grew before my very eyes, page after page, and their bond as sisters only strengthened. As an older sister, there were many times where I could relate to Noni’s protectiveness (and slight jealousy) over Tai. It was very interesting to read both sisters’ perspectives, especially their memories of the past.

The writing was absolutely amazing! I really liked the mixed media elements, which included news articles, scripts, and other media styles. It helped me sink deeper into the story as I tried to solve the mystery alongside Noni and Tai.

I was definitely kept on my toes throughout the book. There were lots of twists and turns as secrets came to light, and the technology in the story made it feel all the more nerve-racking. The last 25% or so had me on the edge of my seat – I was internally screaming!

Thrilling and intoxicating, White Fox was the perfect way for me to start this year’s spooky season. I don’t read many thrillers, but this one just made my favorite books list.

I read The Tenth Girl last year so when I saw this book, I knew that I had to read it. This was definitely not what I expected from this story and it passed my expectations. I really enjoyed getting the chance to read this book and I took my time getting through it to make sure I was understanding what was going on as the plot progressed.

I really enjoyed the multiple POVs from this story at the beginning of the story and liked seeing things from each of the girl's perspectives. My favorite part of this story was getting to know both of the sisters and seeing them develop as the story went on. I liked the pieces in this story that made you uncomfortable and made you feel the way the girls must have felt as they found out more about their mother and her past.

I was slightly disappointed by the last few chapters in this book and that was where I lost interest in the story. I think that at that point there were way too many things going on in this story that I lost track of what was happening. I could not remember which character was who and what storyline belonged to each of them.

I found this to be a well written YA psychological mystery that kept me hooked until the end. It was interesting how the author focused on both of the sisters to better understand whats going on and the complexity of their relationship. The use of mixed media (like articles, letters, scripts, etc) took a bit of getting use to but was interesting.