Thread by @NidheyaSuresh

I’m really slow with #NidheyaReads, so here’s the next one.

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins.
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This book has one of my favorite type of premises: a group of people stuck in a location & gets murdered one by one.

In this case, Lux and her rich boyfriend Nico are in a off-the-beaten-path island with Brittany, Amma and a rich older couple, Jake and Eliza. The six bond instantly, getting closer, drinking, swimming & having the time of their lives. Their vacation, however,

comes to a close when a 7th person sails into the island, and doesn’t seem to have the best of intentions.

And then one person wounds up dead. And then another. You know the drill.

I read this book really fast - I think in a day or two. It was quite unputtdownable. I loved Lux’s character - her grief, her desires, her dreams. It was all very complex & made her easy to root for. It’s a solid sophomore book by Hawkins, my only wish is that

the murders and thrills started a little earlier and wasn’t for the last third of the book only.

The island itself was a character of its own, and I loved that. The character dynamics were interesting and the motives convincing. I can’t wait to read Hawkins next book.

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