I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.

The only bad part about getting an advance copy of this book is that the wait between this book and the next will be even longer than if i hadn't bought it until it was released! That was quite a cliffhanger to leave it on.

I enjoy how there's more going on in these books than it first appears, and how in the end everything ties together and shows an even bigger picture than you imagined.

At first I was worried that this book might be stale, since we've already done the "lying to your parents" drama from the first book and all the characters are now established and know each other, but I think moving it to a new location and changing it from murder to kidnapping kept it fresh. I also enjoyed how more details about Seneca's mom are being revealed.

And my favourite creepy thing in these books is how we get to delve even more into Brett's intense misogyny and how societal misogyny prevents women from being taken seriously when they've been the victims of crimes. How all women and girls, even/especially? those perceived as being shallow arfe seen as being less able to be real victims and more likely to fake things for attention. A lot of people may see these as being ~shallow teen detective novels~ but there is a lot of social commentary packed into them.