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ARC Review: The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook


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Rating: 3 stars
I received an e-copy on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. (Thanks!)
I've heard of this author before; she wrote With Malice. When I read the synopsis for this book and found out that the author is Canadian, I knew I had to request it on NetGalley. All in all, I did like what the author was trying to accomplish with this book but I found the end product to have fallen a bit flat. 
The Hanging Girl is about Skye Thorn, a girl who needs money to move into an apartment with her high school friend in New York. Skye pretends to be a psychic to make her way through high-school. She agrees to help someone in school fake a kidnapping and keep the police investigation going with her psychic skills so that they can get the ransom money and do what they want. But it all goes wrong and Skye is stuck with the aftermath.


I did like the concept of this book. Cook attempts to go against the main plot line in the YA thriller genre; she makes the main character part of the kidnapping. It's very interesting watching Skye try to outsmart the police and trying to be covert. She puts on a cool demeanour but it's interesting to see the real Skye as the book goes on and the kidnapping plan falls apart. 
But it was a bit difficult to like Skye because she was so distant. I also didn't like that the side characters were not very developed. To be honest, I totally don't remember the ending so if that doesn't say how unmemorable the ending was, I don't know what will. 
Overall, I'd say to check out this YA thriller if you are sick of the same plots in the genre. If you're interested, this book comes out in October of 2017, just in time for Halloween!
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