sagek 's review for:

How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler

3.0

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How to Disappear is an intriguing, adventurous tale about a girl running for her life, scared and lonely but incredibly determined.

Nick is a fighter and a deceiver. She runs away and disguises herself and thinks up the perfect lies at the best times, though she also fumbles and messes up. Practice makes perfect; learn from your mistakes. Men are after her, and she knows they want her dead, so when she starts getting threatening messages... She runs again, changes her identity again, deceives again. It's a downward spiral of lies, a web of intricate disguises and truths parading around masked with false information. It's an epic adventure of danger and deceit, but even when your life is threatened, love can bloom. It's intense, dark, and raw to its core.

Nick is doing just fine on her own. She got away safely, learned from her previous mistakes, and she's very good at staying under the radar. She's a sketchy character, not above lying and deceiving or stealing. She's dark and twisted, and that's what makes this book all the better. Right from the start, you know she's guilty, especially from the hints we get from her. However, it doesn't end how you may think. The author strays from being too predictable, and it pays off. The author takes a determined criminal and lets us see into her mind, her life. It's devious, dark, just like Nick.

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*Thank you RBT for providing me with an eARC in order to participate in this tour:)