A review by bookwormmelissa
The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard

3.0

Thanks to Netgalley and Blackstone Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this title prior to publication. Catherine Ryan Howard is one of my favorite writers, so I was really excited to get to read this new book pre-release. I was really intrigued that the story was inspired by her own childhood obsession with missing people in the US as well as Ireland's various missing women when she was young. As usual, I loved the Easter eggs to other books she and others have written, and her characters were compelling. I had trouble with the plotting of this one, and I was stunned at where she ended things (can't say more due to spoilers). Still, it was an entertaining read, and I will still read anything she writes, but this was not my favorite. 3 stars.