A review by chloeandherbooks
The Hive by Barry Lyga, Morgan Baden

3.0

*I recieved an earc of this via netgalley however this in no way influenced my opinion*

3.5 stars

So I requested this because it gave me black mirror vibes so I thought I would give it a go. The premise of this book really drew me in considering how prevalent social media is in today’s society.

I enjoyed the writing in this book, especially the action scenes, they were very well written. There is one scene in particular where Cassie is running across roof tops and zip lining that I thought was faced paced and well-written. Although there are a few plot twists in this book that I found to be predictable but there were others I didn’t see coming which was great. However I felt the beginning of the book was pretty slow and it took me a while to get into it.

To be honest I wasn’t the biggest fan of the main character Cassie. Some of her actions were reckless and made no sense. However I really loved the character of Rachel, the part about her post resonating with other parents and making people think twice was great!

The main issue I had with this book is that everything was resolved way too quickly in the end, it just went back to normal as if nothing had ever happened.

Overall this was a well-written book but I didn’t really connect with the main character.