A review by jackaroony
Ten by Gretchen McNeil

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

3.5 ⭐

I asked for a murder mystery/survival book with a tiny sprinkle of romance, and my boyfriend found me this book, and I got exactly what I wanted. It was a fun read, and at the part near the end

(where only 5 of them were left alive)

I pretty much devoured.

However, I couldn't give this book 4 stars or more for one simple thing: I <b>really</b> hated Meg. The Main Character was so insufferable, and I get that she is a teenager, so thinking like that is pretty much normal, but it was so hard to read without going "for the love of God.🙄" In the second part of the book, she became less annoying, so there is that.

The plot twist was nice. Who I believed to be a murderer, that person wasn't and I feel like the author made a pretty good job on making me believe that all clues led to

TJ being the killer.  Not sure if I'm happy with Ben being the actual killer, simply because I'm not a fan of fake deaths.

Would recommend this book to those who can deal with annoying characters because the story itself was pretty good.