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amandalynn's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars as I noticed alot of spelling mistakes and I normally don't. Decent storyline and I liked the main characters.
shedevilreads's review against another edition
5.0
Hidden Pieces by Paula Stokes is a contemporary thriller. This is the first book of Paula's that I have read and it definitely won't be my last. She does an amazing job pulling you into the story. I couldn't wait to find out how it was going to end. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves YA Contemporary Thrillers.
shinesalot's review against another edition
3.0
In my opinion, a perfect beach read - if you enjoy a good teen mystery with a classic revenge plot, set on the scenic Oregon coast, you'll enjoy this book. Character driven, you will be guessing right up until the last chapter who has been blackmailing Embry and threatening all the people she loves. Oddly satisfying end.
purplejumping's review against another edition
5.0
Interesting, albeit not entirely original plot.
I still enjoyed reading it, and I was kept in moderate suspense the whole time. I particularly appreciated the ending.
I still enjoyed reading it, and I was kept in moderate suspense the whole time. I particularly appreciated the ending.
mpelaezgarcia's review against another edition
2.0
Las reacciones de los personajes a veces no eran para nada realistas, pero engancha.
life_as_emmalee's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book. Embry was great and strong and I liked Holden. This is the third book by Stokes that I’ve read and I think I’ve caught on to her mystery of surprise and figured out the ending (partly) a little before half way through the book. And I like surprises don’t get me wrong but I felt like it was kinda obvious. I liked how Embry has to come to terms with the problems in her life’s it wasn’t the greatest circumstances but she definitely showed character development.
Holden was sweet and supportive I wish there was more between them but that’s just the romantic in me. They were great together.
It had a great ending by not giving away too much but still left me satisfied.
Holden was sweet and supportive I wish there was more between them but that’s just the romantic in me. They were great together.
It had a great ending by not giving away too much but still left me satisfied.
kassea_xoxo's review against another edition
3.0
Wasn't a good mystery, more like a romance novel with some mystery.
Embry and Holden accidentally start a fire in Sea Cliff Inn. To avoid any trouble they leave, Embry notices there was someone who was inside the burning building. She risks her life to save a homeless man, the town calls her a hero. (If only they knew the truth). Embry gets blackmailed into doing things like; steal her best friends purse, confess she's cheating, confess about the accident,take a gun. Embry tries to find out who the blackmailed is.
Embry and Holden accidentally start a fire in Sea Cliff Inn. To avoid any trouble they leave, Embry notices there was someone who was inside the burning building. She risks her life to save a homeless man, the town calls her a hero. (If only they knew the truth). Embry gets blackmailed into doing things like; steal her best friends purse, confess she's cheating, confess about the accident,take a gun. Embry tries to find out who the blackmailed is.
mafereads_'s review against another edition
5.0
giving it a 5 stars rating because although i figured out who unknown is, i loved how the author played out the relationship between Embry and Holden and to be honest, i was a sucker for it. (of course extra points for betsy the dog and the entire coastal small town setting, which again, i can eat up in a matter of minutes)
vickycbooks's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars
I loved Stokes' Girl Against the Universe, and was very excited to hear she was coming out with another book! I hadn't read any of her mysteries before this, but Hidden Pieces sounded AWESOME.
And it was definitely better than I expected (my expectations for mystery/thriller are honestly kinda low), but I did think that this was a pretty solid read!
It's easier to start with the negatives first, and there were honestly only two things that I wasn't a huge fan of.
First, I felt like honestly all of this could have been avoided if the character wasn't as...negligent? Was more honest? Like, I sort of facepalmed because I felt like the main character just could have avoided this whole situation better if she was honest with the start.
And I don't mean just with the burning the house down thing (which I actually felt she was reasonably justified in not telling anyone because money, but still boo?), but with the whole not telling her boyfriend thing too.
I just felt like the who reason why the plot happened could have been avoided if the main character was a little more honest.
But, I do realize that this is partly because of character flaws etc., but I always get a wee bit frustrated with plots that could have been completely avoided if one thing did/did not happen.
The other thing that made this less appealing to me was that I predicted the blackmail/murderer from a little before the halfway point. Which never happens to me.
I'm pretty terrible at guessing these things and I definitely probably am getting better at guessing killers, but I also felt like Stokes didn't include enough red herrings to make it hard to guess. Like, it was pretty easy to rule out the obvious ones (and you know the murderer is usually a side character) and there weren't many other characters left, so I intuitively knew who it had to be just based on mystery/thriller tropes in general.
I definitely wished it was more twisty, but there were still a lot of pluses to this!
I LOVED the blackmail aspect. Like, those were chilling and dangerous and super cool. I think Stokes did a really great job of building those up and making Embry distressed and everything. It definitely felt like there weren't a lot of options and you really felt what Embry was going through.
Plus, this book just totally sped by. It was really easy to digest, and even though I didn't have a lot of time, I wanted to find out what happened next and I wanted to keep reading, which is more than I can say for a lot of books I don't connect with.
So even though this didn't end up being perfect for me, I was invested and interested and I enjoyed being chilled by all the danger! Definitely recommend if you're in the mood for a story featuring blackmail and characters who don't have any good options...
Thank you so much to Harper Collins for providing me with a digital review copy in exchange for an honest review!
I loved Stokes' Girl Against the Universe, and was very excited to hear she was coming out with another book! I hadn't read any of her mysteries before this, but Hidden Pieces sounded AWESOME.
And it was definitely better than I expected (my expectations for mystery/thriller are honestly kinda low), but I did think that this was a pretty solid read!
It's easier to start with the negatives first, and there were honestly only two things that I wasn't a huge fan of.
First, I felt like honestly all of this could have been avoided if the character wasn't as...negligent? Was more honest? Like, I sort of facepalmed because I felt like the main character just could have avoided this whole situation better if she was honest with the start.
And I don't mean just with the burning the house down thing (which I actually felt she was reasonably justified in not telling anyone because money, but still boo?), but with the whole not telling her boyfriend thing too.
I just felt like the who reason why the plot happened could have been avoided if the main character was a little more honest.
But, I do realize that this is partly because of character flaws etc., but I always get a wee bit frustrated with plots that could have been completely avoided if one thing did/did not happen.
The other thing that made this less appealing to me was that I predicted the blackmail/murderer from a little before the halfway point. Which never happens to me.
I'm pretty terrible at guessing these things and I definitely probably am getting better at guessing killers, but I also felt like Stokes didn't include enough red herrings to make it hard to guess. Like, it was pretty easy to rule out the obvious ones (and you know the murderer is usually a side character) and there weren't many other characters left, so I intuitively knew who it had to be just based on mystery/thriller tropes in general.
I definitely wished it was more twisty, but there were still a lot of pluses to this!
I LOVED the blackmail aspect. Like, those were chilling and dangerous and super cool. I think Stokes did a really great job of building those up and making Embry distressed and everything. It definitely felt like there weren't a lot of options and you really felt what Embry was going through.
Plus, this book just totally sped by. It was really easy to digest, and even though I didn't have a lot of time, I wanted to find out what happened next and I wanted to keep reading, which is more than I can say for a lot of books I don't connect with.
So even though this didn't end up being perfect for me, I was invested and interested and I enjoyed being chilled by all the danger! Definitely recommend if you're in the mood for a story featuring blackmail and characters who don't have any good options...
Thank you so much to Harper Collins for providing me with a digital review copy in exchange for an honest review!