Another great mystery read from Holly Jackson!

Rachel Price, mother of 18yo Bel, has been missing for over sixteen years. Bel’s father needs money to care for his elderly father, so he decides to participate in a documentary about the disappearance of his wife, Rachel Price. Bel doesn’t want to rehash everything over and over again but she wants to help her dad. She wonders if the documentary will help find her mom by rekindling the investigation. Also, Bel can’t shake the thought that her mom abandoned her all those years ago and that she just might be alive somewhere. The documentary is just the beginning of the chaos that's to come.

Likes/dislikes: I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery! The character development was interesting and the author showed Bel’s coping mechanisms of cruelty and shoplifting small items as a way to deal with the abandonment she’s had in her lifetime. The documentary idea was great as it helped show the changes in the family and Bel’s perspective of the situation.

Mature content: PG for kissing.
Language: R for 53 swears and 121 f-words.
Violence: PG-13 for assault.
Ethnicity: predominantly white with mention of a brown skin background character.

Oh boy, this took me on a ride! At pretty much no point did I know what was going to happen and I loved it. Jackson is fantastic at writing dark YA mysteries and I hope she never stops!

The main character Bel was pretty unlikeable to me and though I enjoyed following her as she figured things out, I also was frustrated with how mean she was to everyone. Ash especially did not deserve any of what she said or did to him, my sweet summer child.

I felt like the ending wrapped up a bit too neatly and wish it had been a little messier after all the characters went through, but other than that I was pretty happy with this read.

I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All opinions are my own. Thank you to Delacorte Press and NetGalley for the copy

Holly Jackson delivers again! YA thriller as good as Good Girls Guide to Murder and Five Survive.
Bel Price's mother disappeared 16 years earlier leaving her behind in a car..just vanished. A mystery that has never been solved. Now, Dad agrees to participate in a documentary not only to clear his name once and for all but also he needs the money to care for his aging father who needs around the clock care after suffering a stroke and advanced dementia. Bel barely wants to cooperate, even with some heart stirrings for Ash, the camera assistant. And then..surprise! Rachel reappears..and it is not met with rainbows and unicorns. Bel is sure Rachel is lying about her disappearance and she is going to prove it with the help of Ash. However, in Holly Jackson style, Bel is in for a ride. It won't be that simple to prove her mother is a liar. But, who else is lying? Are there secrets about her mother prior to her disappearance that Bel is unaware of? And her cousin just seems to be LOVE having Rachel back. Bel does not understand the draw. Why is she the only one who catches the lies.? This is dysfunctional family dynamics at its best. And the twists keep coming. 5 stars

3.5 stars - This was a fun, twisty book. It was pretty long, probably longer than necessary, but most of it went by pretty quickly. The first 15% or so kind of felt like it dragged a bit, but it picked up after that and in the end, I can kind of understand why it was laid out that way. I really liked the main character, Bel. She’s got some issues, including purposely being kind of mean to people to push them away, but she’s self aware and still very likable and funny. The bit of romance was really cute. I enjoyed their banter. The twists were a mix of more and less predictable. There were a couple things I saw coming, but some I didn’t, so it kept me surprised enough towards the end when everything gets revealed. Most of the book, I was just curious about what was really going on- which is ideal for this kind of book. Overall, it dragged here and there, but it was a good time!
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Delacorte for providing me access to this eARC for my honest opinion!

What a mindf*ck it must be for your mom to disappear on you when you’re a baby, you were in the car and technically an eyewitness, but you were a BABY so you don’t remember anything yet everyone hounds you— and then, and THEN—- she reappears 16 years later. And you’re the one that finds her (alive). I’d throw in the towel on my sanity to be honest. Now… imagine the husband who got framed initially for her murder. This happens in the midst of them filming a documentary of the family like one of those true crime documentaries. Not to mention things don’t feel right about Rachel. Is it because she’s relatively a stranger or there’s something more?
I enjoyed reading from the POV of the daughter as I felt I got to properly move through the spectrum of emotions!

Thank you TBR and Beyond Tours and NetGalley for the read!

4.5 stars

Holly Jackson is a goddess in YA Mystery! Her books have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish and this book is no different. Bel Price has gone sixteen years without her mom and just when filming for a documentary about her mom's disappearance starts up, her mom, Rachel Price, appears again. But something's about Rachel's story doesn't add up to Bel and she's determined to find the truth.

Bel is such an interesting character and I'd be lying if I said I didn't wanna strangle her most of the time. She fights for the truth a little too hard and fills her own mind with answers she believes. Finishing the book made me really appreciate her as the main character tho, and seeing this story through her very biased viewpoint was a really unique to the story. You could guess what happened but Bel herself would shut you down as the reader making you have to guess a different plot.

Like with all Holly Jackson books the love interests are always so fun and the perfect boys. Always believing in their crazy girls. I loved Ash and could totally take another book featuring Bel and Ash

I loved this book and with any other Holly Jackson would recommend to everyone and anyone. Her plots are always captivating and they are so untwined and everything gets answered in the most satisfying way even if you crave more. I can't wait for whatever else Holly Jackson will give us!

Thank you NetGalley for the arc in exchanged for an honest review

I really wanted to like this story, because I thoroughly enjoyed Jackson’s other books but this one was just okay to me. There were some really good parts but for some reason it just wasn’t as exciting as her other stories unfortunately. Thankfully, it did not end on a cliffhanger and actually ended and a few parts were shocking but I just wasn’t a huge fan of the characters. I would suggest to give this book a try because it could be better for another reader, or maybe better for the YA audience.

Holly Jackson can do NO wrong. Once again, I love the characters so much. I thought it knew where this story was going about halfway through, but the way everything wrapped up at the end was SO satisfying.
5/5 stars

⟼ 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐’s
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Thank you so much NetGalley and Delacorte Press for approving me for the ARC read!! I was so estactic that I got approved for this novel, and couldn't wait to start reading it.
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BOY does this book have plot twists, even the plot twists have plot twists. My heart almost couldn't take the mystery of it all, so much so that I couldn't sleep until I knew what happened to Rachel Price. This was my first Holly Jackson novel, and I've heard so many great things about their writing style. This book plays with your emotions so hard, I've never disliked a character so much to be proven wrong about them. As a murder-mystery genre, I should've been prepared right?
At the beginning of this book, I thought to myself, 'Oh, this is very predictable, I know exactly what happened.' While I was right on some counts, this book still took me by surprise at the ending. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this novel and would recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries and detective stories!!!

The Reappearacne of Rachel Price kpet me engaged the entire time. The mystery of what happened to Rachel, and all the twists and turns were engaging and entertaining.

I loved this book! I don’t mind a FMC that’s not the most likeable because I find it to be more relatable than a ‘perfect’ FMC, but I can see why some people might not like Bel. I prefer a thriller with action and excitement throughout over a slow build-up with clues, and this book did that for me. Following the characters on their journey was so fun as Bel takes matters into her own hands to find out what happened to her mother. There were twists and turns that kept me hooked and unable to put this book down.

Thank you Delacorte Press and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

5 stars. There's a reason why Holly Jackson is my go to for YA mystery/thriller. And books like The Reappearance of Rachel Price are why. Sometimes thriller books build into the story and mystery slowly. Rachel Price is not like that. Not at all. This book had be hooked from the first chapter! There are so many questions associated with Rachel's disappearance, but there are even more questions associated with her reappearance! I really appreciated Bel as a character. I think Jackson does a really great job writing teens, and I totally felt for Bel with everything she was experiencing. I know people will look at the blurb and it will automatically make them think of AGGGTM, but this is not that book, and Bel is not Pip. Pip starts out the series optimistic and a bit naive. But Bel, Bel wears her experiences right from the start. There were so many surprises and twists and I truly had no idea what direction this book was going to take. For me, that's the mark of a really great mystery. And because of that, this was completely unputdownable for me.

Thank you so much to Jackson, Delcorte, and Netgalley for the chance to review this one early. HIGHLY recommend.

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ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭!) 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬; 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞/𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞!).

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 (~𝟒𝟒𝟖 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬). 𝐈𝐟 𝐈’𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞/𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 (𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞), 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭, 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝!

𝐻𝓊𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝐻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒥𝒶𝒸𝓀𝓈𝑜𝓃, 𝑅𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝐻𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃’𝓈, & 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒢𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝑅𝒞! 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

I will admit I didn’t read the description or look into what this book was, I picked this one up because I like Holly Jackson and I definitely was not disappointed. I will admit the beginning was a little slow for me and I started to wonder if I had made the right call but once it got really going I was enthralled. I loved this twisty turny story so much. Our narrator, Bel, is a hard character to like. She is prickly and mean and since everyone always leaves her she is quick to push people away. Bel and her family are part of making a documentary about Bel’s mother who disappeared when she was 2 years old. It has remained a local mystery and despite her father being charged for the murder he was found not guilty and no other suspects have ever been identified. They aren’t fall into filming when Bel spots a strange figure walking along the road and she is shocked to discover that it is her mother. Her mother tells a sad story, but something doesn’t sit right with Bel and she is determined to figure out the truth despite the rolling cameras.

This was great! I didn't like it quite as much as A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, but it was still excellent. I thought Carter being Bel's sister was maybe a layer too far, but it didn't totally ruin the book.

Rachel Price went missing 16 years ago without a trace. Now, her 18 year old daughter Bel and the Price family are participating in a documentary about Rachel's disappearance. While in the midst of the documentary, Rachel suddenly reappears. Bel is having a hard time believing Rachel's story and starts her own investigation into her mother's disappearance and reappearance. What is Rachel hiding? Was she even abducted or did Rachel run away? Bel isn't quite sure what happened, but one thing is for sure; nothing is as it seems.
Review:
I love Holly Jackson's writing. I read every book in her AGGGTM series and absolutely loved them! The Reappearance of Rachel Price has a slow start. I will say that I was not truly invested into the story until the last half of the book. I think that it was a little too long and could have been shorten to give it a faster pace. The last 20% of the book is where the action picks up. I really loved the ending and didn't see the twists coming at all. This is a classic, who can you trust story, and I love that in a thriller! Overall, I really enjoyed my time reading this one and I would definitely recommend picking this one up!
Thank you to NetGalley, Holly Jackson, and Random House Children's/Delacorte Press for this ARC of The Reappearance of Rachel Price in exchange for an honest review.

The Reappearance of Rachel Price gripped me from the first couple of chapters. A documentary being filmed about the disappearance of Rachel Price, and Bel is having to rehash the tiniest of details that she can remember about her mother before she disappeared. Next thing you know, Rachel Price reappeared. With Bel skeptical of her mother’s reappearance, she enlists the help of the funny eclectic cameraman Ash, who she kindles a little romance with. I really enjoyed Bel’s sleuthing skills, and her banter with Ash. I think the middle of the book went a little slow to me, but I believe the ending of the book made up for it. The ending tied everything into a nice little bow, a happy ever after. To me it was a good book. It’s not my favorite from her, and I found myself taking a while to finish it, but it still was an enjoyable book.

I absolutely loved this book! The author does a great job leaving breadcrumbs to follow as Bel tries to figure out what really happened to her mother. I felt as if I was going on this journey along with the protagonist. The clues and plot twists kept me glued to the pages. A perfect 5 star mystery! Thank you for the opportunity to read in advance!

Holly Jackson is one author I will always read no matter the book. She is a staple on my shelf and an author I will always recommend. From the beginning until now, she has a way with her storytelling that makes you not want to put your book down and The Reappearance of Rachel Price was no exception. Filled with mystery and an intriguing story that's gripping, in a way that only Holly Jackson can do. I've read many different books by many different authors and Holly Jackson is one of the unique ones. If you have a chance to read any book, read this one!

Bel Price's mother has been missing for 16 years. She was almost 2 years old when her mother was abducted from their vehicle and was never heard from again. When her father agrees to a documentary on her disappearance all these years later, Bel is faced with trying to remember and recall what may have happed. When Rachel Price suddenly reappears, Bel has questions. Where has Rachel been all of these years and why is she just now coming back? Was she really abducted? Bel believes Rachel is lying and she will stop at nothing to prove she is.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free copy of The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson in exchange for my honest review.

I was intrigued right from the start with Rachel Price missing case and it gets a lot more interesting with her sudden reappearance which will led the readers take a closer look to the Price family - they're not as perfect as we thought.

I really enjoy my time following Bel and Ash as they investigate Rachel’s reappearance. They made a pretty good team and their bantering gave a humor aspect against the gloomy and dark mystery plot.

Lots of suspicious characters and several clues thrown throughout the story had me glued to my kindle and my brain kept making theories.
I guessed some of it right, but even then the big reveal still had ONE TWIST that caught me by surprise!

However, there are a few things that made me didn't fully enjoy this book like the slow pacing and some information/act that was repeatedly mentioned. Nevertheless, I still found this book enjoyable to read.

Overall, this was a really good mystery thriller with a dash of romance.
Easy to read writing style and clever unexpected twist had me hooked into the mystery of Rachel Price’s reappearance.
I would recommend it for those who enjoy YA mystery thriller!

Thank you to TBR and Beyond Tour, Netgalley, author and publisher for giving me an e-ARC of the book and for having me on this book tour. I’m leaving this review voluntarily!

⚠️ 𝐓𝐖: kidnapping, gaslighting, abandonment, emotional abuse, domestic abuse, and violence.