3.5/5 (I enjoyed it while I was reading it but it will is not memorable)

Wow, where to start? The basic premise is that Nelly moves to a small town to teach at a middle school. When she gets there, she sees the most well-liked man on the faculty (Emmett) and realizes that he looks exactly like the boy who attempted to sexually assault her when she was in high school, but he goes by another name.

Throughout the book Nelly tries to expose Emmett for what he did to her, all while he makes her job miserable. It's definitely a thrilling book, but instead of the suspense part I felt a lot of frusteration toward Nelly's situation--so many terrible things had happened to and around her and no one took her seriously. It was very well written in that regard and hard for me to read because I know it happens in real life.

I had only one issue with the plot of this book: the ending seemed really unrealistic.

How did all of that happen and Nelly wasn't a suspect at all? Honestly the Sherif could have thought she did it.

Otherwise it was a great ending.

Overall a fun and quick thriller to read! I did enjoy it and would consider reading some of Brian O'Rouke's other books in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley + Inkubator books for this ARC!