I am very excited to be on the blog tour for The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda. I loved her first book, All The Dead Girls so I jumped at the chance to review her second novel.
The Perfect Stranger is available to purchase here.
Book Blurb:
Having reached a dead end in Boston, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs a change. When she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who is moving to rural Pennsylvania, Leah decides to join her. But their fresh start is quickly threatened when a woman with an eerie resemblance to Leah is assaulted by the lake, and Emmy disappears days later.
Determined to find Emmy, Leah helps Detective Kyle Donovan to investigate her friend’s life for clues. But with no friends, family or digital footprint, the police begin to suspect that there is no Emmy Grey. Forced to question her version of reality and to save herself, Leah must uncover the truth – no matter how dark or terrible it may be…
My Review:
The Perfect Stranger is a brilliantly plotted and intriguing thriller.
Set in a small town, the author perfectly captures the claustrophobic atmosphere with everyone whispering about the murder and having an opinion on what happened. There is an uneasy atmosphere throughout the book which intensifies as the book progresses and we delve deeper into what happened. The town seems to be at war with itself as the older residents are dissatisfied with the newer residents that have just moved in and who they think are changing the town that they love. As a reader you are constantly wondering which of the colourful characters you can trust and who knows what. This is especially true in the school where Leah works and the students there, who all seem to react to the news in various ways and who seem to be very interested in what has happened.
The book definitely contains some interesting characters and my opinion changed on all of them throughout the book. I was never sure who I liked and who I didn’t as I was often proven wrong about the kind of person they were. I loved that the author was able to do this and keep me on edge. I read quite a lot of mysteries and its always great when I am not able to guess what happened and who done it.
My feelings about the main character, Leah, changed the most throughout the book. I was never completely sure about her and what she was about. Most importantly I wasn’t sure if she was a reliable narrator and if things had happened as as she described. I wondered what she was running from that made her guard her new life with such fierceness. Why was she willing to move in with Emmy, a girl she didn’t really know so easily? I did feel sorry for her at times as it is hard to be lonely in a new town and feel like you are on the outside looking in, but there were other moments when she really frustrated me particularly when she kept insisting on conducting her own investigation into Emmy’s disappearance.
The pace of this novel is fairly slow to begin with as the author sets the scene and we learn morn about Leah & Emmy’s past but it soon picks up about half way through and then becomes almost impossible to put down. I loved the ending which took me completely by surprise and I felt it was a very satisfactory ending for this fantastic book.
This is Megan Miranda’s second book and the second that I have read. I will look forward to reading more from her in the future, she is definitely an author to look out for!
Huge thanks to Corvus books and Anne Cater for my copy of the book and for inviting me onto the blog tour.
About The Author:
Megan Miranda is the author of the bestseller ALL THE MISSING GIRLS. She has also written several books for young adults. She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from MIT, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children. THE PERFECT STRANGER is her second novel of psychological suspense. Follow @MeganLMiranda on Twitter and Instagram, or @AuthorMeganMiranda on Facebook.
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Fab review
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Thanks so much for your continued Blog Tour support x
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My pleasure thanks for the invite xx
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Great review. I read her first book and liked it, I probably should read this one as well.
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