Last summer, Nan's three best friends disappeared into Saltcedar Canyon.
She's spent the year since grieving their loss and avoiding questions about what happened that night. Now, on the anniversary, she's ready to say goodbye, and so are the girls' families, who have reconvened to hold a memorial. But their vigil is interrupted by the shocking return of one of the missing girls alive. Everybody is overjoyed. Everybody, that is, except Nan, who was pretty sure they were dead.
After all, she's the one who killed them.
• Atmospheric, fast-paced and vividly realised, Kill Creatures is a book about secrets, jealousy, violence and revenge.
• Perfect for fans of A Good Girls Guide to Murder and Gone Girl.
What did I think?
I am so pleased that I have added YA to the list of genres that I read as Kill Creatures by Rory Power is a little gem of a thriller. It's quite a short book at 269 pages but it is packed with thrills, secrets and danger.
I spent the first couple of pages feeling sorry for Nan as the family and friends of three missing girls gather to remember them on the one year anniversary of their disappearance. Their bodies have never been found and nobody knows what happened to them, except Nan. Nan knows exactly what happened that day so she is shocked when one of the girls returns alive.
It's such a good twist to the story that throws Nan into turmoil as she thought she had got away with murder but now someone else knows what happened too. As the story flicks back and forth between then and now a multicoloured picture starts to take shape as all of the pieces of this fantastic jigsaw gradually slot into place.
Gripping, addictive and twisty, Kill Creatures is a book that is impossible to put down once you pick it up. YA is shaping up to be a genre not to be missed with cracking thrillers like Kill Creatures just waiting to be discovered and devoured. A highly recommended read.
I received an ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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Rory Power grew up in New England, where she lives and works as a story consultant for TV adaptation. She received a Masters in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia, and is the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls, Burn Our Bodies Down, and In a Garden Burning Gold.
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