Genre: YA mystery
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
This was a fun read! So many great mash ups of genres and story types.
It's the story of our girl, Fallon, who is a famous online video game streamer. She's been outspoken about girls in the gaming space and is well loved. She also has an online friend, a guy, who is also a gaming streamer. Together they are hoping to get chosen to participate in a murder mystery game that will also be live streamed, all with contestants from the streaming (but not necessarily) gaming world.
So, of course they do and the book then follows their adventures within this game. It's like the How to Host a Murder games where they are all given characters to play and a pretend narrative to learn and a mystery to solve. If they are the "last to leave" the game and solve the mystery, they win!
It's also a lot like the board game Clue where to solve the mystery they have to figure out who did it, with what weapon in what room. The contestants are all housed in a huge mansion and have the run of the place as they try to find clue and make guesses and act out the story.
So much fun!
But, while this is all going on, there's the in real life mysteries. The connections these players have to each other outside the game. The back story of things that happened. The many problems and insecurities they have to overcome. Which, for me, was the best part of the story for sure.
I really enjoyed it! Such a unique story. Very fresh and modern and just... cool! Thank you so much to NetGalley for the opportunity to read it early! This one comes out June 2. Keep an eye out for it!
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