Author: Kate Alice Marshall
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Publication date: July 2025
Two years ago Mercy Gray was hailed as a hero for saving lives during a mall shooting. She still carries souvenirs from that incident: the fragment of a bullet lodged in her back, a mountain of medical debt, and guilt for ignoring her sister’s warnings that the sweet boy next door was anything but.
When billionaire-turned-TV-host Damien Dare recruits Mercy to compete on his new survivalist reality show, she can’t turn down a chance at the whopping cash prize that could send her sister to college—but when she and the other contestants arrive at the off-grid location, something isn’t right. The set is empty. The gates close without warning, trapping them inside. Then one of them turns up dead. What appeared at first to be a tragic accident quickly transforms as more contestants start dying. With time and resources running low, surviving this show takes on a new meaning.
This author has always been a hit or miss for me. Unfortunately, this one was a miss. The premise for We Won't All Survive seems like a thrilling time. Mercy Grey is invited by an influencer to join in a survivor type competition. The prize money is something she can't pass up. When she arrives at the abandoned town, it's clear something is not right.
I wasn't thrilled with this book. The characters were forgettable and kind of boring. It was hard to keep them all straight. Since the entire book is told through Mercy's perspective, it was hard to get to know them and frankly care about any of them. There is a lot of foreshadowing in the book as to one of the reveals. I think I actually rolled my eyes when it was revealed. There was also a reveal in the last part of the book that seemed to just be there for diversity check mark and really added nothing to the overall story. I'm still not quite sure what the motivation was for the bad guy. If you are a fan of this author, try it out. It just wasn't for me.
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