Review by lizkatiereads - If Something Happens to Me

lizkatiereads 's review for:

If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay

4.0

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

✨ARC Review✨

“Whoever says the things you do when you’re only fourteen can’t haunt you forever is dead wrong.”

Ryan and Ali…high school lovers, in the car on Lover’s Lane when suddenly the car door is ripped away, and Ryan receives a blow to the head. He awakes several hours later to find Ali and her car gone. He presumes she’s dead and blames himself. Flash forward several years…Ryan is now a law student and is away with friends abroad. Ali’s car has been found back home, submerged, with two dead men inside. The past, and the guilt is now haunting Ryan, but more so is the cryptic note that was found titled “if something happens to me”.

The police department, the FBI, and Ryan are all against the clock to figuring out what is going on. There are unsavory characters, and characters with intersecting paths. A shifting timeline with multiple locations, and maybe a questionable coverup. A gripping page turner packed with a punch, this is another must read by Alex Finlay!

Part two was where it REALLY picks up in my opinion and just sucks you in! Pretty much the last sentence of every chapter gripped you in such a way that you just HAD to flip to the next and not put it down. It flowed beautifully even with the working parts of multiple characters and multiple locations with the timeline going back and forth.

What’s On The Pages:

-bingeworthy page turner

-shifting timeline

-multiple locations / characters

-characters with intersecting paths

-bullying

-mobsters

⚠️CW/TW: suicide

✨Rating✨

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

A special thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for this eARC! If Something Happens To Me is out May 28th!

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