Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Date: October 2024
Forty-eight hours until Christmas, Jessica Kane wakes up with blurred vision, ears ringing, and in excruciating pain. A gash in her head and blood running down her face, the last thing she remembers is going for a run and something or someone hitting her in the head. It doesn't take her long to realize she is trapped in an unknown, deserted town with five other strangers who share similar stories of being attacked and stranded there. Unsure why and how they got there, she knows one thing for certain, she has to find a way out. That becomes nearly impossible when someone is meticulously orchestrating their deaths, one by one, and the only thing Jessica can do is watch the life leave their eyes. The fenced-in town is the killer’s very own playground and there's nowhere left to hide... she better watch out because she could be next
I really liked, Awakened, the first book in the Awakened trilogy, So I was excited to pick this one up. The premise was great. A woman wakes up in a weird replica of an old town with several other strangers. Soon it's apparent that someone in the town is picking them off one by one. As I said, I had high hopes for this one, but it just didn't live up to my expectations..
There was definitely suspense. There was also a good amount of gore and gruesome deaths. What I felt was lacking was not getting to know the characters very well. I didn't know enough to really care whether they got picked off or not. The reveal came out of nowhere and didn't really make sense to me; at least to the logistics of it. I disliked the ending. It was a real let down. The epilogue maybe sets it up for a sequel? Overall, it's OK, but it could have been better.
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