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A review by katykelly
Hide and Secrets by Sophie McKenzie
4.0
Exciting and fast-moving teen mystery/thriller.
McKenzie does write these well, great teenage characters in modern settings that feel real (lots of tech, for example), and plots that really do hook the reader in.
Teenaged Cat is still grieving her father, missing presumed dead nearly two years ago, her young sister hasn't talked since, her astrologist mother has thrown herself into readings and client consultations. Cat wants to spend her summer making dresses, as she doesn't have any friends anyway. But the phone call from her Dad's business associate changes all that, when it turns out her dad might not be dead after all but in hiding...
Excellent premise for a good old-fashioned 'road trip' of clues and cross-country races, of bad guys and wiles and adolescent realisations and growth.
Loved Cat, even came to appreciate her mother through the story, would have liked more of little Bess as she came across well in the few moments she was given.
Lots of predictability in general if you're familiar as an adult with the genre, but teenagers will get a taste for the excitement and staples of the thriller/chase.
Great, fast read for ages 12+. Nothing unsuitable or graphic.
With thanks to Netgalley for providing a sample reading copy.
McKenzie does write these well, great teenage characters in modern settings that feel real (lots of tech, for example), and plots that really do hook the reader in.
Teenaged Cat is still grieving her father, missing presumed dead nearly two years ago, her young sister hasn't talked since, her astrologist mother has thrown herself into readings and client consultations. Cat wants to spend her summer making dresses, as she doesn't have any friends anyway. But the phone call from her Dad's business associate changes all that, when it turns out her dad might not be dead after all but in hiding...
Excellent premise for a good old-fashioned 'road trip' of clues and cross-country races, of bad guys and wiles and adolescent realisations and growth.
Loved Cat, even came to appreciate her mother through the story, would have liked more of little Bess as she came across well in the few moments she was given.
Lots of predictability in general if you're familiar as an adult with the genre, but teenagers will get a taste for the excitement and staples of the thriller/chase.
Great, fast read for ages 12+. Nothing unsuitable or graphic.
With thanks to Netgalley for providing a sample reading copy.