Sunday, 3 February 2013

Ten by Gretchen McNeill (Book Review)


Goodreads summary:
And their doom comes swiftly.

It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—an exclusive house party on Henry Island. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their reasons for being there (which involve T.J., the school’s most eligible bachelor) and look forward to three glorious days of boys, booze and fun-filled luxury.

But what they expect is definitely not what they get, and what starts out as fun turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a DVD with a sinister message: Vengeance is mine.

Suddenly people are dying, and with a storm raging, the teens are cut off from the outside world. No electricity, no phones, no internet, and a ferry that isn’t scheduled to return for two days. As the deaths become more violent and the teens turn on each other, can Meg find the killer before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could ever imagine?

                                                                                   My rating - 4.5


My review:

Ten is an amazing book. It's about 10 teenagers who go to an island for a party, but suddenly they start dying and they have to try and figure out who the killer is. Unlike some novels where it's obvious who the murderer is from the very start, in Ten you keep having to guess, and just when you think you know who the killer is, there's a massive twist and you start suspecting somebody else. The identity of the killer was a complete shock. And the worse thing was that they were one of my favorite characters before the big finale. If you read this and after a couple of chapters decide it isn't for you, stick with it. The last 50 or so pages are unmissable and well worth the wait. 

Even after I finished reading Ten, the story stuck with me. I'm doing things like watching TV or walking my dog, when suddenly a light-bulb appears above my head and I think "that makes sense," or "blimey, why didn't I think of that before?"

If you want a novel with plenty of nail-biting action, constant twists and turns and a dash of romance, then you have to pick this up. You won't be disappointed.

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