Lily wants to get home. Her friends want to get even. Lily needs a ride—a fire warning in Oregon has cancelled her train home to California. Her ex-best friend, Natasha, has offered to pick Lily up on her way back from Portland, though they're barely on speaking terms. As it turns out, Natasha's also giving a ride to Elke Azizi, the girl Lily got expelled from their school four years ago. Elke hasn't forgotten, and neither has Natasha. It's getting tense in the car, and it's not just about the past. There's smoke in the air, and with the wildfires nearby, staying on the road is becoming riskier by the hour. When Natasha and Elke decide to take a detour, Lily hopes it'll get them out of danger. She has no idea, though, what her former friends have planned for her. But as night comes, the plans change again when it becomes all too clear that leaving the main road was a mistake. Now the three of them are trapped in the woods under a burning sky, with no easy way out. To survive, Lily must depend on Elke and Natasha—but after all that's happened, can she trust them with her life?
My Review:
Oh, I had a fantastic time reading this book! The synopsis was really intriguing-to have to spend this time with people who you don't get along with, and they have a good reason not to like you. I wanted to know what they had planned for Lily, and what was going on with the burning sky.
One thing that I wondered about-had Lily done the right things, why these people don't like her, or was she a bad person or were they? We were in her head, so we had her perspective, but it's not like most people are objective enough to know if they were in the right or wrong.
I wanted to know what the girls had planned for Lily, and what threat they were facing that had overridden their revenge. It had me on the edge of my seat, the threat of danger, and I just had to keep turning the pages!
Watching as these girls worked through their issues with one another as they were also trying to survive what was going on, was really great. Both sides had gotten blows in, and experiencing this together helped them deal with things, and I think become better people.
Loved reading this book and I'd love to read more by Keely Parrack!
Author: Keely Parrack
Read: November 13th, 2023
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book and a Sophomore Challenge Book!
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Expected Publication: February 4th 2024
Author: Keely Parrack
Read: November 13th, 2023
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book and a Sophomore Challenge Book!
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Expected Publication: February 4th 2024
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