But I did like that a lot of the characters were easy to like, which made the stakes all the higher. I liked the time chunks and the way that the hours tick by and the desperation builds, and how they all start showing their true colors as secrets are revealed and the back stabbing begins. Friends turn on friends in hopes of saving their own skins, and a fun road trip becomes nightmarish. And when they realize that a sniper is outside, demanding a secret, the people in this stranded RV go from stunned, to disbelieving, to frustrated, to horrified realization, and as the severity of their situation starts making all of them start making desperate decisions. Jackson wastes no time in cutting this trip short, as the RV is waylaid and it is clear very quickly that it is NO accident. We have our group of friends, the protagonist being Red, on a trip with her childhood friends and a couple new faces in the mix. The breakneck pacing really works in this books favor, as the building tension that starts almost from the jump is really what kept me reading. That’s all just catnip to me! And my high hopes were fairly well met, as “Five Survive” snagged me in and kept me going until I’d finished the book over two days time. And the description was so, so intriguing: six friends on an RV trip are deliberately stranded by a dangerous stranger, who wants one of them dead and gone, with secrets coming to light and perhaps friends turning on each other. And lo and behold, I saw “Five Survive”, her newest YA thriller, up on NetGalley, and rejoiced. With how much I loved the “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” Trilogy by Holly Jackson, I was waiting on pins and needles to see what she would come up with next. Review: Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this novel! But is there a liar among them? Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels. With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend – the older brother – his perfect girlfriend – a secret crush – a classmate – and a killer. A road trip turns deadly in this addictive YA thriller from the bestselling author of the worldwide phenomenon A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER. Where You Can Get This Book: WorldCat | Amazon | Indieboundīook Description: Eight hours. Where Did I Get This Book: I received an eARC from NetGalley. Publishing Info: Delacorte Press, November 2022
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