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A review by daffz
The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
4.0
This book was certainly captivating, as I felt like I needed to know what was really going on. I wanted to keep reading whenever I had put it down, and was certainly interested in the mystery.
I was a little less invested in the characters, though, mostly finding myself frustrated with them. They were all fairly unlikable, though never in a way that felt too extreme or unrealistic. It added to the story, with a unreliable narrator in the largest part of the book. I do have to say that the audiobook got a little bit grating to listen to at times with the voices of the mother and daughter while they talked to each other. I also felt like sometimes the child seemed to feel a lot younger than she was supposed to (though I feel like this was partly on purpose), and I wish they would just ask her things more clearly. A lot of the issues feel like they could have been fixed with more open communication, not just with the girl but also with her school.
I'm not entirely sure if I liked the conclusion of the mystery too much, and I wish thing shad been slightly clearer. But all in all, it was an entertaining book that kept me interested. A solid mystery.
I was a little less invested in the characters, though, mostly finding myself frustrated with them. They were all fairly unlikable, though never in a way that felt too extreme or unrealistic. It added to the story, with a unreliable narrator in the largest part of the book. I do have to say that the audiobook got a little bit grating to listen to at times with the voices of the mother and daughter while they talked to each other. I also felt like sometimes the child seemed to feel a lot younger than she was supposed to (though I feel like this was partly on purpose), and I wish they would just ask her things more clearly. A lot of the issues feel like they could have been fixed with more open communication, not just with the girl but also with her school.
I'm not entirely sure if I liked the conclusion of the mystery too much, and I wish thing shad been slightly clearer. But all in all, it was an entertaining book that kept me interested. A solid mystery.