Something about Megan Miranda’s thrillers makes them super entertaining and quick reads for me. In the Perfect Stranger, the MC acted based on instinct or her feelings sometimes, but wasn’t stupid and made for an interesting character. Her missing friend, Emmy, haunted the pages through flashbacks and lingering traces of her presence in the house they shared, despite vanishing before the story opened.

The story ended well for Leah, which I do appreciate in a thriller. However, some parts of the reveal didn’t fully track, or maybe I just didn’t understand them, like when she found out Emmy and Bethany were conspiring to steal Leah’s identity, even after Bethany was already out of jail and had a steady job in their town

but I can overlook that as it wasn’t hugely important as most of the truth had already been revealed at that point. I also loved the atmosphere and setting of this book, as it was very bleak and on edge from Leah’s home to the school where she worked, which upped the eeriness of the events.