Ten by Gretchen McNeil

Ten by Gretchen McNeil

Published by Balzer + Bray

Released on September 18, 2012

Buy it:

Amazon | Indiebound | B&N

In this horror novel loosely inspired by Agatha Christie’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, ten teens head to a house party at a remote island mansion off the Washington coast…only for them to be picked off by a killer one by one.

Shhhh!

Don't spread the word! Three-day weekend. House party.

White Rock House on Henry Island.

You do not want to miss it.

It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives-three days on Henry Island at an exclusive house party. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their own reasons for wanting to be there, which involve their school's most eligible bachelor, T. J. Fletcher, and look forward to three glorious days of boys, bonding, and fun-filled luxury.

But what they expect is definitely not what they get, and what starts out as fun turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a DVD with a sinister message:Vengeance is mine.

Suddenly, people are dying, and with a storm raging outside, the teens are cut off from the rest of the world. No electricity, no phones, no internet, and a ferry that isn't scheduled to return for three days. As the deaths become more violent and the teens turn on each other, can Meg find the killer before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could ever imagine?(from EpicReads.com)

---

This was soooo good you guys! Much more than I expected. I read Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None years ago in high school so I thought this one was going to be pretty predictable but it actually wasn’t. I found that even though it was inspired by that book I was still taken by surprise by some of the twists in the novel.

I was thrilled to see that we get thrown into the mystery from the very beginning and the story didn’t drag unnecessarily with things that weren’t important which made the book a very fast read. I was at the edge of my seat through most of it and even though I was annoyed by some of the characters and I was eagerly waiting for them to die already (I know I sound like a horrible person but if you read it you’ll know which one I’m talking about.) I did get a bit annoyed with Meg and how she puts up with her best friend’s attitude, I was hoping she would stand up to her.

Even though Meg lets her friend treat her like crap through most of the novel I was happy to see that she was actually pretty brave and didn’t let this crazed killer get to her and turn her into a sobbing mess like I would’ve been if I was in the same situation. Also, I kept trying to figure out who the killer was and I was so sure I had the right person just to be proven wrong by the end, I loved that I was fooled just like Meg. This was a great choice of book to read so close to Halloween. It reminded me of all those slasher movies I used to love growing up, one that will make you gasp and keep you guessing until the end.

Pin It