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A review by pomoevareads
Only One Survives by Hannah Mary McKinnon

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

4.0

Canada has some very talented thriller writers! 

When the author reached out to let me know she had a new book coming in July 2024, I jumped at the chance to read it early. I have been a strong supporter of hers since the beginning. 

Only One Survives features an all girl rock group up and coming on the music scene and quickly heading to stardom when they are involved in a terrible car crash in a winter storm in the Catskills. Right off the bat, one doesn’t survive the crash, and as time goes on others also die. The young women hunker down in a creepy cabin they find to wait out the storm and go for help. When Vienna Taylor, the band’s drummer and lead singer is rescued along with the band’s documentary filmmaker, questions arise as to what happened to Madison Pierce, the co-creator of the original band. Madison is missing and the police don’t know if she is dead or alive. 

The author has some great contacts that help make her books stronger and well researched and it always shows. I loved the pacing of Only One Survives and am always surprised at how different each of her books are. 

I will leave one spoiler (not really a spoiler at all) and that is that the kitten is fine. I almost put this book down when one of the characters finds a kitten in distress as I am so sensitive to cruelty to animals but kept with it and forgive Hannah for the temporary emotional distress. 

Thank you to @mirabooks @htpbooks @netgalley and @hannahmarymckinnon for an ARC in exchange for my honest opinions. Only One Survives publishes July 16, 2024. Definitely pick this one up!
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