Well-written, compelling, engaging characters, good mystery. I will definitely read more of Megan Miranda.

3.5 ish stars

This mystery is not: creepy, scary, heart thumping, edge of the seat, action packed, gasp worthy twists

It is: a slow burn, weaves a complicated web where you don't know how things are connected and what's the truth, a 'meh'ish answer to all the questions but slightly satisfying ending

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for this free readers edition. In exchange I am providing an honest review.

How do we, how can we, ever really know someone? This question isn't limited to just people you meet, it can apply to people you have known for years. We never question if we know someone until something happens to make us question it.

Leah Stevens thinks she knows her roommate Emmy Grey. They met eight years ago and spent three months as roommates before Emmy went off on a Peace Corps assignment and Leah secured a job in her desired field, journalism. Fast forward eight years when a chance encounter in a bar in Boston reconnects them. Emmy is untethered and looking for a change of pace, Leah has job woes that leave her wanting a clean slate so they decide, in a drunken moment, to move to wherever the dart lands on the map. Three weeks later Leah finds herself living in Western Pennsylvania with a roommate from long ago. Their jobs have them keeping opposite schedules so it isn't uncommon for Leah and Emmy to go days without seeing one another. Then one day, after a body is discovered in their neighborhood, Leah realizes it's been days since she's Emmy or even seen evidence of Emmy. Could there be someone out there preying on young women? Is Emmy in danger? Leah begins to search for her missing roommate and realizes there's more than meets the eye to this whole story.

This was a page turner. I kept changing my mind about the direction the story and characters were taking until the last few chapters of the book when Miranda gave a definitive resolution to the big questions. I appreciate an author that can keep a reader stringing along on several different threads and questioning their deductions until the reveal. In 353 pages (or thereabouts) Megan Miranda was able to flesh out main characters that were believable, a story that was engaging, and provide a satisfying resolution. What else has she written? It's going on my TBR.

3.5 stars. Good twists and turns - quick mystery read.

This is the third Megan Miranda book I have read, and it too me forever to get into, just like the other two. I have decided I don’t think I care for her writing. Sometimes it gets too in the weeds or pages repeat themselves. It was the better of the books I have read from her, I kind of caught on with what was happening once the story started to pick up, and I was eager to see how it ended. Her story lines tend to kind of run the same, taking place in a desolate area, a girl wanting to start over, never really growing up with much. It all feels a little bit the same but different. I felt like some story lines were dropped and there were too many things to follow. I would honestly probably give it 2.5 stars but I can’t do halves. I did like the idea of the plot and where it was going, but it just wasn’t it for me.