Another unputdownable thriller from the queen of brilliant settings and slow burning mysteries!

This slow burn, claustrophobic mystery made me assumptions till I reached the last chapter. Tension slowly builds and when things finally escalated you feel the exact goosebumps, sitting at the edge of your seat, increasing your reading speed to find out the big revelation. The author successfully didn’t give much away and the final twists make you scream WTH! I didn’t see them coming!

This is story of nine survivors! They were innocent high school kids on the school trip, surviving from van accident, living with guilt, harboring secrets, celebrating their lives by meeting at the cabin called the Shallows: as the townies also call “ The Ghost House”.

They made a pact to let the bygones be bygones, not talking about the tragic event which changed their lives forever!

They were nine! But a decade later they are only seven! One of them committed suicide as the other overdosed!

They keep coming to the Shallow at each year: because it’s a place of safety, and retreat, isolated from the rest of the world, and surrounded on all sides by the endless deep.

Cassidy, Josh, Brody, Hollis, Amaya, Oliver, Grace were the last ones standing! But will they stay alive longer? Somebody is watching the Shallow, playing mind games with them.

Cassidy finds a cell phone at the sea, the same phone she has gotten message about the obituary of Ian who was one of them. The message convinced her to come back to the Shallow! But now she realizes Ian’s death might not be accident. He tried to reach her before he died. He messaged her that she was the only one he could trust. Could one of them mess with the others and decide to talk with the authorities about what really happened at that tragic night? But most importantly could one of them be killer targeting the rest of the group?

I loved the smart twists and how things were wrapped up adroitly! I was planning to give four stars but smart ending made me give extra half star and round up 4.5 to 5 slow burn mystery, cabin in the woods stars!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Scribner/ S&s / Marysue Rucci Books for sharing this amazing digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.

This is the tenth anniversary of the week long gathering at The Shallows beach house. For 10 years, this group of relative strangers come together to not be alone to wonder why them. Why did they survive? What really happened all those years ago. Cass has tried her best to distance herself from the others who’ll be there, until she is mysteriously notified one of them committed suicide. She leaves her comfortable life with her wonderful new boyfriend to head down for the week. While there, suspicions and tensions among those remaining lead to explosive accusations and revelations. The reader is kept on their toes with flashbacks to that fateful night and ulterior motives each of them have to keep the ten year long secret.

This was a fun read. I liked this survivor thriller. It was a twist on tropes and I liked the friend group vibe. I didn’t love the ending, it felt a little cluttered to me.

This was a good thriller, but with most Miranda titles I have a hard time with characters. They all feel pretty much cut and paste from the other novels she puts out.

Thank you Scribner and NetGalley for the Advanced Digital Copy of this thriller. One of my favorite books this year. It was a quick read, taking less than two days from start to finish. The author’s creative use of multiple POVs, mainly one POV with others used on a limited basis where it benefited the telling of the story really added to my experience as a reader and was different from other multiple POV use I have read before. The twists and turns were executed very effectively; I was definitely surprised. I thought the dual timelines made the story more interesting and helped increase the suspense. I am looking forward to reading more of her books.

I am a huge fan of Megan Miranda. So when I saw her name I knew I had to request to read her new novel. Her writing is just so captivating. She does such an amazing good of luring you in and making you send the entire day head first in the book. Her writing style is one of my all time favorites!

Mystery and intrigue written by a talented and gifted author. This book was sent to me by Netgalley electronically for review. Thanks to the publisher and author. This book is captivating. It is a page turner, a cannot out down. The characters come alive on the pages of this novel. What will happen next? Who is guilty? A group of friends who have come together year after year…why? Enjoy…

Heart pounding thriller that left me on the edge of my seat. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one. Definitely one of the best books this year.

Megan Miranda brings another thrilling story with many twists and turns. There is no one you can trust among this group of seven friends, which started out as ten.
Thank you Scribner and NetGalley for the advanced review copy of The Only Survivors.