Shiver
In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm.
When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cozy ski resort in the French Alps, she's expecting an intimate weekend of catching up with four old friends. It might have been a decade since she saw them last, but she's never forgotten the bond they forged on this very mountain during a winter spent fiercely training for an elite snowboarding competition.
Yet no sooner do Milla and the others arrive for the reunion than they realize something is horribly wrong. The resort is deserted. The cable cars that delivered them to the mountaintop have stopped working. Their cell phones--missing. And inside the hotel, detailed instructions await them: an icebreaker game, designed to draw out their secrets. A game meant to remind them of Saskia, the enigmatic sixth member of their group, who vanished the morning of the competition years before and has long been presumed dead.
Stranded in the resort, Milla's not sure what's worse: the increasingly sinister things happening around her or the looming snowstorm that's making escape even more impossible. All she knows is that there's no one on the mountain she can trust. Because someone has gathered them there to find out the truth about Saskia...someone who will stop at nothing to get answers. And if Milla's not careful, she could be the next to disappear...
When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cozy ski resort in the French Alps, she's expecting an intimate weekend of catching up with four old friends. It might have been a decade since she saw them last, but she's never forgotten the bond they forged on this very mountain during a winter spent fiercely training for an elite snowboarding competition.
Yet no sooner do Milla and the others arrive for the reunion than they realize something is horribly wrong. The resort is deserted. The cable cars that delivered them to the mountaintop have stopped working. Their cell phones--missing. And inside the hotel, detailed instructions await them: an icebreaker game, designed to draw out their secrets. A game meant to remind them of Saskia, the enigmatic sixth member of their group, who vanished the morning of the competition years before and has long been presumed dead.
Stranded in the resort, Milla's not sure what's worse: the increasingly sinister things happening around her or the looming snowstorm that's making escape even more impossible. All she knows is that there's no one on the mountain she can trust. Because someone has gathered them there to find out the truth about Saskia...someone who will stop at nothing to get answers. And if Milla's not careful, she could be the next to disappear...
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Ok. When you’ve read as many thrillers as I have, the plotlines and/or twists start to feel repetitive. I can see people who don't read many thrillers, and more specifically, classic mysteries, liking this book.
Spoiler ahead.
The ending reminded me too much of this classic. Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
For me, I honestly became bored early on and the boredom never really faded. I will say, that I preferred the chapters that took place in the past.
Spoiler ahead.
The ending reminded me too much of this classic. Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
For me, I honestly became bored early on and the boredom never really faded. I will say, that I preferred the chapters that took place in the past.
Love love love!!!! HIGHLY recommend. I loved it so much I bought her 2nd book - more to come on that one. The way she writes and flipping between the past and the present is incredible. Never saw the ending coming on this one. It's a favorite for sure.
Where do I even begin? This was such a tumultuous ride through what most people could never dream of and others can't stop having nightmares about. Set in France during the most important times of a group of people's lives are their passion, revenge, love and lust. They must find which they want the most. And if the competition of the rivalry is enough to keep them all alive.
I really enjoyed the dual timeline that was in this book along with the single perspective. Although I think it would have thrown a little extra pizazz in the mix if there would have been some POV from Saskia. That would have blown me out of the water with this book. So many times I asked myself why would she go to all of this trouble?
I am excited to see what else Allie has is store for us in future books!
Amazing read. The writing was wonderful, it was easy to follow along with present day and past. Definitely worth the read.
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