Title: Black Ice
Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
Pages: 400
Publisher: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers
Release date: 7th October 2014
Blurb from Goodreads:
Britt
Pheiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn't prepared when
her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, wants to join her. Before
Britt can explore her feelings for Calvin, an unexpected blizzard forces her to
seek shelter in a remote cabin, accepting the hospitality of its two very
handsome occupants;but these men are fugitives, and they take her hostage.
Britt is forced to guide the men off the mountain, and knows she must stay alive long enough for Calvin to find her. The task is made even more complicated when Britt finds chilling evidence of a series of murders that have taken place there and in uncovering this, she may become the killer's next target.
But nothing is as it seems, and everyone is keeping secrets, including Mason, one of her kidnappers. His kindness is confusing Britt. Is he an enemy? Or an ally?
Britt is forced to guide the men off the mountain, and knows she must stay alive long enough for Calvin to find her. The task is made even more complicated when Britt finds chilling evidence of a series of murders that have taken place there and in uncovering this, she may become the killer's next target.
But nothing is as it seems, and everyone is keeping secrets, including Mason, one of her kidnappers. His kindness is confusing Britt. Is he an enemy? Or an ally?
My Review:
*I
received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster UK Children's and NetGalley*
2.5/5
stars
Britt
Pheiffer is going backpacking with her best friend Korbie. Unfortunately
Calvin, Britt’s ex and Korbie's brother, is tagging along. Britt isn't over
Calvin who cheated on her seven months ago and is secretly hoping to get back
together with him.
Everything
goes wrong when a snow storm hits and, unable to drive up the mountain roads,
Britt and Korbie make their way through the snow trying to find shelter. They
come across a cabin with two men who let them inside. There is more to Shaun
and Mason than there seems and when things take a turn for the worse Britt is
taken hostage.
After
reading the blurb I was excited to read Black Ice, especially as I loved the
Hush, Hush saga. I was, however, disappointed by Black Ice.
It took
me a while to get into the storyline but I never connected with Britt. In fact
I found her very annoying. At one point she's shocked that someone who she
doesn't know knows her name when it was on her t-shirt! She also obsesses over
whether or not she has feelings for/finds one of the people that took her
hostage attractive when she should have been focusing on staying alive. Britt
also goes on about how much she can trust Calvin. Hello! He cheated on you! You
CAN'T trust him!
I had no
idea why Britt was friends with Korbie who was horrible to her.
I didn't
find the storyline gripping or that surprising.
Overall
this was an okay but disappointing read.
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