Okay, first off, keep in mind that I’m just above the YA age range, which is what this book is advertised as. 

The writing is simple, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing — I’m not sure what writing should be appropriate for YA but I imagine the theme is quite dark for the younger ages but the writing too simple for the older ages. 

That being said, I quite enjoyed the simplicity of the writing because it makes it a quick, but enjoyable read. I pretty much finished it in a day. 

However, the killer was very predictable

(probably due to the fact that a little amount of characters were introduced.)

But again, it’s YA, fair enough. 

It didn’t take away from the actual storyline. And not to be a pussy, but at some points I was grateful for living in student accommodation (hopefully harder for murderers to get through.) 

The characters could be built more thoroughly — maybe with specific hobbies etc etc. but their speech seemed to follow a straightforward pattern. 

Either way, this is a great debut novel and I look forward to seeing the author improve as time goes on.