Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Publication Date: October 2020
When Mira flies home to spend Christmas with her mother in Pittsburgh, a record-breaking blizzard results in a cancelled layover. Desperate to get to her grief-ridden mother in the wake of a family death, Mira hitches a ride with a group of friendly college kids who were on her initial flight.
As the drive progresses and weather conditions become more treacherous, Mira realizes that the four other passengers she's stuck in the car with don't actually know one another.
Soon, they're not just dealing with heavy snowfall and ice-slick roads, but the fact that somebody will stop at nothing to ensure their trip ends in a deadly disaster.
Five Total Strangers is a quick YA thriller. It involves, 18 year old Mira who gets stranded in an airport due to an impending blizzard. She ends up in a car with 4 strangers in an effort to drive home.. She begins to realize that the friendly people she hitched a ride with might no be so friendly after all.
I thought this was an enjoyable read. The book is told through the perspective of only Mira. That did help with te suspense because we find out things along with her. Sprinkled throughout are letters from an anonymous person to Mira. I was undecided for a long time about who they were from. My first guess was wrong, so that was a bonus. My biggest complaint was you kind of have to suspend a little bit of disbelief in the story. Certain events fall into place a bit too conveniently. However, I do think this is worth giving a read. It was good entertainment for the afternoon.
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