Reckless Girls

Lux has faced some tragedy in her life. She’s working a waitressing job when she meets Nico. On a whim, she decides to sail/move to Hawaii with him. Of course they fall for each other… Nico has promised her an exotic life of sailing around the world. Only there’s one problem, his boat needs some very costly repairs. While working at a marina, Niko meets Brittany and Amma and they’ve convinced him to charter them to Meroe Island - deserted island with a dark history where wild things happen. They pay for the repairs to Nico’s boat and they all convince Lux to join them in the journey. When they reach the island, they come in contact with another boat and befriend its owners. Things are all well and good for a time, until a creepy stranger shows up… that’s when everything starts to unravel…

I went into this book thinking I wasn’t going to enjoy it based on other reviews I’d read. While I didn’t “love” it, I did enjoy it. Some parts were predictable while other things totally blindsided me! I just wish all the action didn’t happen in like the last 50 pages. There was a lot of build up and backstory. I did NOT expect the ending at all.

white lotus vibes. kind of anticlimactic though.

Full review to come!

The ending fell flat for me .

Solid 3.5...no rounding. I wanted to like this book a lot. I wanted it to shock me or intrigue me and leaving thinking about it later. But it didn't. I'm not a fan of deserted island stories, so this book was a little out of my usual pickings. However, in the over scheme of things it was a good story.

Based on the premise of this book, I was under the impression that we were going to find more Robinson Crusoe type of action in this book. You know maybe some cannibalism to go in line with the island's history. Maybe even encountering someone who has been able to live in this horrible island–pardon, atoll. The overall story has a lot of potential for being even more dramatic and shocking, but as other reviewers have indicated, this novel does fall short of what was promised.

The characters were also very had to sympathize with let alone give two shits about. There was something very irritating about all of them; from their personalities to the dialogue. One thing that I did appreciate the author doing was tying all of the characters together. It was a pretty awesome [predictable] plot twist.

Besides all of the f-bombs thrown around the book. This is a pretty easy and fast read. The kind where you don't really need to invest much of brain to get what's going on and what's happening. So if you're looking for something short to read on a plane ride, train ride, or road trip...this is one will do.