I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

While I did like some parts, I just wasn’t always a fan of the MC, Jill. Who apparently expected that everyone just put down their lives while her life was in chaos after the disappearance of her mom. She even got pissed (and stalkerish) when she found out there was a new friend in the group, oh and her ex was dating her. She apparently thought that she could just step into things and everyone would be back to normal. Nope. That is not how that works. Maybe after a few weeks, but this seemed to have been months, maybe even a year? It is not very clear to me. After a while she did get better, but there were moments that I just wanted to throttle her.

The murder/mystery parts were well written and I love that the writer didn’t shy away from body parts, plus I love how it isn’t just one murder, but many. How our team, despite it getting quite scary, didn’t stop, they wanted to figure things out, rescue a friend, and more.
But at times I didn’t like how it didn’t connect together. How new revelations were just revealed while we were just talking about something. Like with the lights flickering, how the heck do you not check what is going on until right before the deadline?

I love the idea of mystery boxes (and what they entail), but who the heck has 200 dollars a month for one mystery box? What the actual fuck? I would have accepted 50 or 70, but 200??

I love finding out a bit more about the mom and get some clues on what could have happened. Plus, those boxes addressed to her. I am very curious what happened to Jill’s mom, is she alive? Is she dead? What was she investigating?

The art was quite good, not always, but quite a lot of times I enjoyed the style + the character designs were fun.

All in all, while I had some issues with Jill (the MC) and some of the stuff felt a bit disconnected, in overall I am happy I read this and I would definitely want to give the next volume a shot as well.