This thriller was a page turner!
In the mood for a page turner, this should be bumped up your list!
Summary - 27-year-old Jet Mason is attacked on Halloween night, resulting in a brain injury that will cause a fatal aneurysm within a week. Rather than undergo risky surgery with a slim chance of survival, Jet decides to live out her final days by solving her own murder. With her childhood friend Billy’s help, she uncovers a web of family and town secrets, revealing an abundance of motives and suspects as she races against time to unmask her killer.
My only caveat is even though this book isn’t considered YA it completely felt that way to me. That said, once I adjusted to the younger narrator (who uses the F word a ton so if that puts you off maybe you skip this one), I was fully in this story and it kept an exciting pace throughout.
Thank you @prh for a complimentary listening copy – the narrator has a strained voice and I can see not everyone digging it, as it does sound extremely painful for her to speak when she does certain character’s voices.
This was my first by Holly Jackson and I enjoyed it, should I read any of her others? Didn’t one of her books get turned into a show?
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