Fans of Holly Jackson will eat this book up. 8 young adults with difficult pasts are chosen to participate in a reality survival show where everything is not what it seems. The complexity of this story worked out chapter after chapter. I liked how we learned a little about the characters as we went along. Overall, the movement of the plot did take away from the development of the character relationships. This was a quick original story that was enjoyable and kept me guessing. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this story.

thank you to netgalley for a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review

i would read a grocery list if kate alice marshall writes it, tbh

a nepo-billionaire trying to control every person he comes across and transform the world into a “better” place by claiming society is in a free fall? sounds eerily familiar!

this book was GREAT. the characters were so well written and the twists were twisting. i love a good story with the premise of how men are fragile babies who can’t handle rejection. i love strong, unapologetic women who know just who they are! i would read 100 more pages of this book.

it absolutely flew by and kept me captivated with every page. KAM is the goat.

“sometimes things just happen, and they’re not important. they’re big and they change things, but they shouldn’t get a say. they shouldn’t get to mean things. this here — it doesn’t get to have a meaning. we survive it. that’s all.”

We Won’t All Survive is a YA thriller with a game show concept. The contestants are chosen based on their commonality; they’ve endured a traumatic event. Once they arrive for the show, it’s apparent that the goal isn’t about not dropping out to win the prize money but about staying alive to find a way out. If you enjoy survivalist, game show plots this is definitely the one for you!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC!

I LOVED the premise of this book, so I was over the moon to receive an ARC copy. This book follows 8 teenagers with deeply traumatic pasts who have been selected for a survival reality show, in which they all work together to try and survive off-the-grid, completing challenges to access resources. (Think ‘Survivor’, but no one gets voted off the island.) Whoever makes it to the end without dropping out receives a whopping $100k. However, when they arrive at the TV show set, everything feels off. And when one contestant winds up dead, the group realizes they’re in for a lot more than they signed up for.

I love a good YA thriller, and this was certainly no exception. It packed a punch with numerous twists and turns and surprise elements. What really set it apart from others in its genre, though, was how fleshed out the characters were. They weren’t the flat, one-dimensional, throwaway characters you often find in thrillers. I found myself caring about them and rooting for their growth through the book. I will say, I suspected the culprit all along, which was my one disappointment with the story. Nonetheless, it kept me hooked! Would highly recommend this book when it hits shelves in July 2025!

We Won't All Survive by new to me author Kate Alice Marshall, published by Penguin Group is a full length, stand alone, mystery/thriller for teens and ya.
Mercy Gray is kind of a tragic hero and gets hired to compete/attend a survivlist show- who I'm a fan of btw., just saying.
But something is off , the attendants drop like flies and soon they can't call it accidents anymore. Intriguing, well written 4 stars.

This gave me the same vibes as the Escape Room movies — WHICH I COMPLETELY DEVOURREDDDD. I really enjoyed reading this book! I was a little iffy at first because of the many characters introduced, but it wasn’t that bad keeping track of them all. I also liked the fact that they kept the storyline straightforward between past and present instead of dragging it on. Overall, a really good YA survivor thriller read!

Super YA but I still enjoyed it amd really liked the characters. Loved the Mercy's past connection. Overall decent fast read

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC. I was having trouble getting into it at first but halfway through I got hooked. I liked the game and mystery of it. I figured out who done it early on. Liked how the author connected Mercy's past to what was happening in the present. Without giving anything away. I would say it was a pretty quick read once you get into it. I was happy at how it ended. I was also surprised that for an ARC there wasn't like any typos or weird placements. I have read some other ARC's and they have been pretty all over the place. So was very pleased with this one. I don't think I would want a physical copy of this book when it comes out. However; I would an ebook. Just feel like I would read it quicker that way.

This was a great read with wonderfully developed characters!! I enjoyed the many twists and turns and it was quite the page turner!

Title: We Won’t All Survive
Author: Kate Alice Marshall
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP Penguin Young Readers Group/Viking for Young Readers
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Pub Date: July 29, 2025
My Rating: 3.7 Stars
Pages: 336

Mercy Gray was hailed as a hero for saving lives during a mall shooting. She still carries souvenirs from that incident: the fragment of a bullet lodged in her back, a mountain of medical debt, and guilt for ignoring her sister’s warnings that the sweet boy next door was anything but.

Billionaire now wannabe TV-host Damien Dare decided to sponsor a new survivalist reality show “Who Survives” and recruits Mercy Gray as well as seven others. Mercy is a local hero as two years ago she saved lives during a mail shooting. She as well as the others cannot turn down a chance at winning $100,000. Mercy knows this amount of money would allow her to send her sister to college.
When Mercy and the other contestants arrive on location – it is empty. The gates close without warning, they are trapped. They know the contest is for six weeks but something isn’t right!

Then one of them turns up dead.

Story has interesting characters and I was pulling for all of them.

The Epilogue was very interesting!

This is my fourth Kate Alice Marshall. Although not my favorite – I definitely am looking forward to her next story.

Want to thank NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Penguin Young Readers Group/Viking for Young Readers for granted me this early eGalley.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for July 29, 2025.

(4.5 stars)
* Tropes/themes
* Survivalist reality competition TV show
* Deserted town
* Trauma
* Trust
* Non-stop action and suspense with tons of twists.
* Never knew who to trust and it kept me on the edge of my seat.
* Intriguing concept.
* Very diverse characters.
* Really hard to put down- I kept saying I’d read one more chapter and before I even realized, I’d read three more.
* Slightly predictable yet incredibly entertaining.
* Content warnings:
* Murder/death
* Violence
* Mass shooting
* Injury/injury detail
* Isolation
* Bigotry

4.5 stars rounded up. I was IMMEDIATELY hooked. Loved the underlying plot point of the 'Nice Guy syndrome'. A bunch of twists and turns without being over-engineered.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group for the eARC!

This was a tense, twisty thriller that pulled me in from the first chapter. Mercy, a shooting survivor, joins what she thinks is a survival reality show—but it turns out to be something way darker. No cameras. No crew. Just danger. The characters are complicated and haunted, and the mystery kept me guessing.

Thank you, NetGalley, for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

This is a YA book, and I didn't know that before reading it. I think that demographic would enjoy it more. I love Kate Alice Marshall books but didn't love this one.

I’ve read all of the books by this author so I immediately requested it as a fan. I should have read the description cuz I’m not into game show thrillers. They’ve been overdone

I love every book Marshall rights. This one was such a fun ride and I couldn’t put it down! While I figured out the perpetrator fairly early on, I still was surprised by other twists and turns.

Wow! I couldn’t put this one down! I love the idea of how they were all picked because of the traumatic events they survived. I thought it was a really unique story and I really liked all the characters. The setting was really cool. The scene where Milo is sitting right in front of her in the dark was very disturbing.

I am a huge fan of Kate Alice Marshall so I jumped at the chance to read this one. It was written in her normal style and was gripping and suspenseful. I did not realize it was YA until partway through and it is definitely Kate Alice Marshall lite but overall a good read.

This felt like every other novel that has a reality tv setting and a mystery/murder theme. It wasn't bad as such, but just didn't stand out from the crowd. It didn't help that there was no option to download it to kindle, which made the reading process frustrating.

I really enjoy this author! This one was a little too YA for me, but overall I still liked it! I love the twists and the story line was good. 3/5 stars for me!