Thank you NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire for this ARC. This was definitely a great teen thriller, it reminded me a lot of One Of Us Is Lying, which is one of my personal favourites. There was so many great twists and you are always kept guessing what will happen next. I'm actually still in shock after reading this.. it's definitely one of those books that you just sit there after you're done reading and you're speechless haha. I do say that some POVs were more interesting than others but besides that it was a great read! Got through it really quickly.

Really enjoyed this book. With unreliable narrators and multiple viewpoints will keep you wondering what really happened.

Wow, just wow are really the only words I could think or speak after finishing this excellent novel. This one might be the best teen book I have read this year! What a ride! An excellent thriller, perfect for fans of Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 'One of us is Lying,' and 'Aa Good Girl's Guide to Murder' but anyone of any age would enjoy the twists and turns and the brilliant original plot. Wonderful, captivating writing gives this novel the depth and ability to pull in any reader. I had no idea how it would end, and it kept me guessing - but I could not put it down. I read it in one sitting, it was that good and addictive! I highly recommend this!! I can't wait to own this novel in print. Ten stars and more!

I went into this really loving the format of it. It's incredibly clever to write in police interviews. Each chapter beginning with a question the police is asking to the teens to figure out what has happened to Maylee on their camping trip. The chapters are quick and pretty concise with switching in and out of the conversations between the 4 teens being interrogated by the police. However, despite the overarching plot and characters being interesting, it was pretty easy to figure out what was going to happen since early on. I didn't love how predictable this one was. Also some POVS were way more entertaining than others. Since I was able to guess the plot, this didn't end up being as impressive as I thought it was going to be.

Thanks #NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire for a copy of “Tell Me What Really Happened” for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

Five teens go into the woods for an overnight camping trip. One doesn’t make it home. Now the survivors must tell the story of their night in the woods to police, but what really happened?

I was drawn to this book because the story is told in four voices as police interviews. The reader only sees what each survivor tells law enforcement officials over the course of the better part of a day. Each character is distinct and has a clear voice throughout. At times each stubbornly withholds information, but relents in the end. While camping the characters are sometimes funny, other times aggravating, and often protective of their own reputations before the night becomes fraught with paranoia and descends into chaos. The story is riveting and heart-breaking.

This book would be great for teens looking for a fast-paced mystery, with relatable, but not always completely likable characters (as humans are sometimes). The story is also great for those looking for alternative storytelling methods. I will get a copy of this for my classroom.

A group of teenagers go camping in the woods but one of them does not come out. I enjoyed the unique way the author told the story in interview format, as each of the teenagers give a description of their POV to the police interrogators about what really happened on that camping trip. There are secrets and betrayals and each is revealed in layers that will lead you to the truth. The Bigfoot lore sprinkled throughout the story, gives it added spookiness. This made for a perfect Halloween read. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.

Five teenagers go camping for a night at a mysterious lake. Four come back. One disappears.

Written as a police interrogation, we learn about what happened at Salvation Creek that fateful night. Did someone do something criminal that caused the disappears Maylee? Is her best friend involved, despite her know all about camping and has a father for a detective? Could it be her boyfriend who had a hand in it? Maybe it’s the girl she was trying to be a friend to that others scorned and made fun of because she lived in the wrong area of town? Or is it possible that her best friend’s conspiracy theorist stepbrother did something to her? But quite possibly, the answer could be none of the above.

While search and rescue try to find (recover?) Maylee, we hear about how things went down on the camping trip. From trying to find a niche to become an influencer to Bigfoot theories to a gun being brandished, what truly went down when the five friends went camping. Each character has their flaws, but in the end, we find out as each piece is woven together what ultimately happened at the camp site. This is considered young adult fiction, but those looking for a suspense written in a unique format will enjoy this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire for the advanced copy. Opinions expressed are my own. This book is set for publication on April 3, 2023. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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This was fun and exciting!!!

I loved each character, who were all unreliable, telling their point of view, but that also made it a little repetitive after awhile.

I did guess early on some things, but others took me for a whirl.

YA lovers will love this one so be sure to pick it up!

"Tell Me What Really Happened" was a fast-paced YA mystery/thriller and I enjoyed the frame of a collecting police reports and the multiple points of view.. Recommended for fans of Chelsea Ichaso. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Five teenagers go into the woods. Four come out. Which one knows the truth?

Tell Me What Really Happened is a YA mystery/thriller about a group of high school students who go on a camping trip to a site infamous for the mysterious disappearances of female victims. Some take the stories seriously; some do not. When strange things start happening within the group, tensions rise, and no one is at their best. Then one of them is gone. The novel plays out via police interviews with the four who made it out of the woods, interwoven as each character offers their perspective on the events surrounding the disappearance. Who knows the truth about what really happened to Maylee, and who is lying to cover their tracks?

I am so glad I picked this book up as an ARC. It was a rocky start, but after I stuck with it, I wound up genuinely enjoying the ride. From the outset, there wasn’t a lot to get and keep you hooked aside from the premise, which you already knew before turning to page one. I would have appreciated more hints at things maybe not being quite right or some foreshadowing of the uneasiness to come. Also, one of the POV characters, Petra, was unbearable for much of the first act of the book, but not in the love-to-hate-them sort of way. At the same time, it took a while for the other characters to become interesting, so all in all, I wasn’t immediately invested in this story.

Had I not been reading this, courtesy of NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire, for a review, I may very well have put this book down in the early chapters, which would have been a terrible shame. Once things pick up, the narrative structure of this book really carries it. I don’t think it would have been nearly so strong had it been told in any other way.

The mixed perspectives offer not just one but four unreliable narrators, and I’m obsessed with the concept that the author is playing with here. We are all unreliable narrators because we are all unreliable witnesses. Not only are our memories flawed, but our experiences influence our perspectives, which in turn influence our perceptions of the events taking place right in front of our eyes. I loved getting to untangle the contradictory and interlacing threads of each character’s account of events while guessing at which parts may be misremembered and which may be lies.

The conclusion of the book is abrupt, the gut punch of confirmation of the sinking feeling you’ve been getting over the final chapters. I was happy with how the author chose to end the book, and I liked the abruptness because it felt true to the story - sometimes things happen and you suddenly find yourself on the other side, living in the after before you’ve had time to process the now. I just wish the gut punch had been a little harder.

Overall, this is a very solid YA mystery/thriller that I would rate a 3.5 (rounded to 4 for online rating systems that don’t allow half-star reviews). It’s the kind of fast-paced read I would happily recommend to someone looking to get out of a reading slump or fans of Karen M. McManus needing a new fix. I look forward to seeing what else Chelsea Sedoti has to offer!

I really liked the way this one was written. I think the four different stories but all being told to the same people was such a nice way of getting information. I would recommend this to people who love thrillers and YA.

Five teenagers go camping and the night goes wrong. I generally don’t love interview style books but did enjoy the set up of the different chapters and POVs. However the end did let me down a bit.

I wanted it to be more mysterious and maybe sinister. Instead of wS just another accident of fun violence combined with general teenage ineptitude. Not to mention the characters lie and leave things out throughout the interviews.

But I do enjoy a good unreliable narrator. 3 stars.

Thank you to the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for an ARC of this title in exchange for my honest review.

I am a fan of Sourcebooks and was immediately attracted to the synopsis of Tell Me What Really Happened. I'm not sure what I was expecting but I am positive it wasn't what I received. I absolutely loved the writing style. Written from each characters POV as they are being interviewed by police, it was both an engaging and quick read. With six main characters, I expected to be confused and not connect much because...well because it's a lot of characters and that can make a story hard to follow. Absolutely not the case. I was amazed at how much I found myself falling in love...even with the "villain". There wasn't necessarily an " A Ha" moment or any giant twists and turns but never have I seen a story of "he said/she said" that had me gasping and slapping my own forehead in frustration...in a great way. My favourite part of any book is character development and this book had it in spades. I cannot even describe how amazing it was to see each character grow...their depth, their involvement, their sense of self.

I highly recommend grabbing a copy if you enjoyed other titles like A Good Girl's Guide To Murder or Kathryn Foxfield titles. It was a great example of how easily a witness can create their own truths and how differently a situation can be seen by those experiencing it.

I have said this before in a review, but I’m going to reiterate it again. I’m jealous of how high quality young adult mysteries are now-in days. This story explores the disappearance of Maylee, a wannabe influencer during a camping trip, with 4 other people: her boyfriend, best friend, best friends brother and one of the less popular girls of school. This story is told through their different povs during the police interrogation. That was a perfect way to frame this story. It kept me guessing. My one complaint was that I wished we learned more about the aftermath. Thanks so much NetGalley for giving me an opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest opinion

This was fun for the most part. The plot was interesting, with distinctive characters, I liked the mystery, and the format helped me get through the book quicker.

I liked trying to guess what happened. Though I got a part of it early on, there were things I didn't expect. I also wanted the feeling of isolation in the forest, it set an unsettling atmosphere that kept me on the edge of my seat.

What I didn’t like was that because each of the characters was giving their own view of every single detail, sometimes the narration felt a bit repetitive. But it wasn't bad at all for the most part.

But then... Well, the ending did feel quite anticlimactic. It was a solid four stars for me until then, but I’m not so sure. I’m still trying to decide my exact rating. I think 3.5 is how I feel about it, but I might change it soon.

A huge thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

"Tell Me What Really Happened," is the story of 5 friends who go on a camping trip, but only 4 leave together. The friend's lives change forever when they realize one member of the group, a want to be influencer named Maylee, is missing. This book is unique in the sense it is told from the other four friend's point of views through their police interrogation interviews. There is Petra, the planner and resident know it all, her brother, Nolan, who is big foot obsessed, John, Maylee's boyfriend, and Abigail, a girl who has a complicated relationship with Maylee herself. But what happened to Maylee? Is she hurt? Dead?

This is a fast paced, whodunnit mystery. The strength to me was the characters. I didn't even need to see the character's name to know who was talking and telling their version of events. Looking back, I did wish for a bigger ending, but this book stays true to reality, and sometimes what really happens is not as interesting as you hope.

"Tell Me What Really Happened," is out in April 2023, so if it sounds good to you put it on your pre-order list now! Congrats to the author for telling this story in such a unique, refreshing, way!

With four different unreliable perspectives, get ready to be kept guessing until the end. What happened to maylee? Is she did? Did they kill her?

While some of the character breaks were really abrupt, I did enjoy the format. It was an interesting way to tell a story that's been told before. Read in one sitting. Really liked this one!

hank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for the copy of Tell Me What Really Happened. I loved how this one was written. The teens are being questioned by the police and we see their answers (and the discrepancies) at the same time. I loved this writing style because it pointed out that what we see or remember is colored by our own experiences and personalities. Petra was probably the character that was the easiest to get to know because she did the most talking and had a controlling, domineering personality. I liked how the relationships between the characters were slowly revealed, and felt realistic. The story kept me reading to find out what happened to Maylee - was it a stranger in the woods, a classmate, Bigfoot? To be honest, I didn't love the ending because even though the clues were there it seemed like an anti-climax. The buildup was great though, and the book is well worth reading!

I haven’t read a young adult book in years, but this thriller had me hooked, I couldn’t put it down! 5 teenagers go camping by Salvation Creek, only to have one end up dead. Who did it? Was it one of the teenagers?