Don’t trust anyone…
This is a survivor thriller that could provide the blueprint for that type of reality show. Contestants are vetted and gathered to compete for prizes. The selected men and women perform challenges and complete their tasks to earn money. The players then use a voting system where others are dismissed from the game.
The game is based on the concept of someone being randomly assigned as “it.” That person is supposed to “tag” another contestant so that at the end of the day, they won’t be eliminated. The assignment is given to them that morning and might be something as simple as getting another to remove their shoes.
At the outset, Jessie is the main featured player and the reader follows her through the contest as she navigates the challenges, forms alliances, makes friends, and votes all while trying to stay in the game to the end so she can win all the money. At least that’s what we are led to believe, that it’s just that reality show thing. But there’s more going on and some of those in the game have secrets. They really aren’t just there for the money.
The concept was good, but the execution somehow was just not that exciting and the narrative got bogged down with a lot of repetition and goings on between the contestants. The alliances and deals and backstabbing weren’t really very compelling as I really wasn’t invested in any of them. Even the main character, Jessie, doesn’t give reliability vibes and I didn’t like her much. I really am not a huge fan of this reality show trope, but at least this didn’t involve hunting and killing each other though there is a death. It had potential but it never got there. It really lacked a lot of the tension and high stakes deadly game in an isolated mansion idea and it really didn’t thrill like I’d hoped.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read and review.
Blog Tour Stop 2-3-2025
Genre - survivor reality show, murder, secrets and lies, alliance, hidden motives
This is a standalone and is not part of any series.
