Megan Miranda loves to write character with horrible parental and adult figures in their lives. This is her second backlist I’ve read where someone goes through a trauma and her parents give her zero support. And don’t get me started on this boarding school- Mallory’s room is vandalized and the security guard tells her to stop making enemies while students accuse of vandalizing it herself and teachers don’t allow her to attend classes until she replaces her vandalized uniforms at her own expense? Give me a break.
That said, I liked Mallory. Her “and then I ran” comments were kind of goofy, I pictured her pulling a phoebe and awkwardly tromping away from all her problems. I liked Monroe, the school, even if their staff sucked cause I like a boarding school. I liked Reid.
The way Mallory’s memories were basically trapped in her nightmares and manifesting physically was an interesting way to tell the story- Miranda is excellent with the psychological aspect to her thrillers.
I still feel like there are loose ends I don’t understand, but I was a riveting, quick read.
3.5stars