3.5
Teens & Young Adult
A thrilling debut, reminiscent of new fan favorites like One of Us Is Lying and the beloved classics by Agatha Christie, that will leave readers guessing until the explosive ending.
“Welcome to dinner, and again, congratulations on being selected. Now you must do the selecting.”
What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it’s a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with poison, and a note saying they have an hour to pick someone to kill...or else everyone dies.
Amber Prescott is determined to get her classmates and herself out of the room alive, but that might be easier said than done. No one knows how they’re all connected or who would want them dead.
As they retrace the events over the past year that might have triggered their captor’s ultimatum, it becomes clear that everyone is hiding something.
And with the clock ticking down, confusion turns into fear, and fear morphs into panic as they race to answer the biggest question: Who will they choose to die?
© 2020 HarperTeen (Audiobook): 9780062974907
Release date
Audiobook: 17 March 2020
3.5
Teens & Young Adult
A thrilling debut, reminiscent of new fan favorites like One of Us Is Lying and the beloved classics by Agatha Christie, that will leave readers guessing until the explosive ending.
“Welcome to dinner, and again, congratulations on being selected. Now you must do the selecting.”
What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it’s a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with poison, and a note saying they have an hour to pick someone to kill...or else everyone dies.
Amber Prescott is determined to get her classmates and herself out of the room alive, but that might be easier said than done. No one knows how they’re all connected or who would want them dead.
As they retrace the events over the past year that might have triggered their captor’s ultimatum, it becomes clear that everyone is hiding something.
And with the clock ticking down, confusion turns into fear, and fear morphs into panic as they race to answer the biggest question: Who will they choose to die?
© 2020 HarperTeen (Audiobook): 9780062974907
Release date
Audiobook: 17 March 2020
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Amy
6 May 2020
Rating: 3.5/5⭐This one has Agatha Christie and One of Us is Lying vibes. Six people are invited to a scholarship dinner and then they discover that it's a trap. They are locked in a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with poison and the only option they have is to pick one of them to die before the end of the hour or everyone dies. But Amber (narrator) is determined to get everyone out of their alive. As they try to figure out who might have done this, the past story is told in flashbacks. It explores themes like bullying, cyber bullying, peer pressure, college admissions, depression, stigma about mental health, suicide etc. Overall, it's a good and entertaining read.
Sanju
23 Jun 2022
Now this was a 5 ⭐ read.I loved the topics explored in this book. The characters were complex and so twisted that at times I had to pause and replay the entire section It was a wonderful dark and twisted thriller. My only concern is that it had a cheesy end that was kinda abrupt
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