Read Completed 10/12/24 | 4 stars
I avoided this book for a long time despite its good reviews because of the cover. So please, begging someone to give this an update because this isn't doing the book any justice. I could go into detail but I'll leave it at that because I actually liked the book and let's talk about that instead! 

I really didn't know what to expect going in, but the audiobook had a full cast narration with several POVs from many different characters, and it worked really well for this! I'm happy they went with different narrators for each one because it really worked out well and added to the audiobook production value. I really liked connecting with each one too. We get an intro from Nina and then the rest of the book is told from the perspectives of Nina's parents, Simon's parents, the police officer on the case, and a small part with Nina's sister. 

I was a little nervous when halfway through the book, we got a major reveal. I thought it was going to make the rest of the book boring, but it was far from it! There was still so much of this story left to tell and the tension was high. I thought the author did a great job of including all of that emotion, and the audiobook narrators really brought that to the performance as well. 

While I think the 5 star reviews maybe overhyped it a little bit, I kept my expectations reasonable and I'm really happy I enjoyed it. I think it's a solid read.