Thank you to Netgalley and Crooked Lane for the eARC! Chapters switch between Celeste and Hollie, showing their lives prior to the Iceland trip as well as the before/after Alabama’s disappearance. I didn’t really like any of the characters, they’re all superficial and unlikeable while also being boring. It was easy and quick to read which is the only reason I finished 😅

 

The writing is more telling than showing. The amount of talk about calories, weight gain, body shaming was exhausting-i got really tired of the constant tearing down of other women.

We’re thrown immediately into the mystery and I would’ve liked more about the trip itself and interactions leading to the disappearance. The drama is laughable and there’s zero tension; I was right about every plot twist which I guessed at by the 20% mark 🙃

The ending was so abrupt and once again mental illness is being used as a trope (which I hate and find to be lazy writing). The premise would’ve been so good exploring the dark side of influencers and social media but the execution was poor. Sadly this was one of my most anticipated thrillers of the year and ended up being my lowest rated read so far.