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Don’t miss the gripping new page-turning thriller from the USA Today bestseller! It was the perfect escape Until one by one they vanished… For friends Riley, Sam, Mia and Scarlett, their trip to Whisper Island, Alaska, was meant to be a once in a lifetime adventure – just four young women, with everything to live for… But as soon as they arrive things start to go wrong. First there is the unexpected arrival of Sammy’s drug addict brother and his girlfriend Opal – why are they here? And then the deaths begin. As the dream trip quickly turns into a nightmare, suspicion is high. Are they really alone on the island? Or is there a killer hiding in the shadows? And as each of the girls reveals a dark secret of their own, perhaps the truth is the killer is closer than they think…just a whisper away…
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Thank you Harper Collins UK and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.
If you’re expecting more thriller out of this book you might be disappointed because this was as murder mystery as you can get.
Centered around 4 friends from a prestigious art college (Mia, Sammy, Scarlett, and Riley) who all have their vague secrets (that you more or less can figure out on your own before the book is halfway) this book is a quick, quick read. Seriously, if you only have a short amount of time but you want to be entertained then this book is for you.
I was a little disappointed by the fast pace. I felt the ending, while it wrapped everything up nicely, was a little bit rushed. There was such a build and then there’s a
2 chapter climax and then the “after”. But at the same time I was appreciative of the lack of gore since I’m not a huge fan of those types of novels (which usually contemporary murder mysteries are).
Looking forward to Lynch’s next book that’s for sure!
0There are few tropes I love more than when a group of characters is stranded together on an island and starts getting picked off one by one. I gues And Then There Were None got to me early in life. Whisper Island, by Carissa Ann Lynch, promised a a creepy, dark and twisty rendition of this trope. Unfortunately, the execution was a letdown.
I found the writing sloppy, with turns of phrase I was constantly wishing I could edit, and the characters unappealing and - more importantly, since I don't mind reading about unlikeable people at all - uninteresting. The pacing was off, too, as the first half really dragged before the real action started, and, once it did, it was too predictable to be truly tense and suspenseful. Overall, just unfortunately a miss for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK/One More Chapter for the advance review copy.
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