Title: The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Author: Holly Jackson
ISBN: 9780593374207
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages: 448
Source: Private Copy
A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth about her missing mother while filming a documentary on the unsolved case.
Lights. Camera. Lies.
18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on.
But the case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.
Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn’t sure it’s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And – could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . .
Official Summary
04 September 2024
I have been meaning to get to this book forever. I got this book when I went to a book signing for Holly Jackson. A tour she was doing for this very book. This was multiple months ago and I am glad I am finally getting to it.
I loved this book. The beginning started a bit slow, however, once the plot started it was super-fast which I loved. It has been a while since I have read such a good mystery that it has me on the edge of my seat like that.
Bel was an interesting character, and I can see why Jackson said that she is her favourite character that she has ever written. She wasn’t as perfect as the rest of her characters, she is flawed and honestly, I think this is the most accurate teenager Jackson has written to date.
I really enjoyed Ash’s character; he is very different from most of the male characters I usually read. Yet he was very funny. I know Holly Jackson has previously said how much she dislikes writing romances in her books, and I fully get that. With this genre, it almost feels forced to add it and I know it is properly because Jackson’s publishers want it as it is more likely to sell. However, I do wish we had more Ash in this book, not even as a love interest just as himself. This book felt like it was missing more wit and Ash’s character gave us that.
As great as this book was. I think Holly Jackson is going to have a hard time ever beating her AGGGTM series. I think she set our expectations very high on that one and I think I will never read a book by her and not compare it to her previous work. I’m sure this is a hard thing for her as I know many other people think the same way.
Overall, this book is definitely worth the read and I cannot stress how much I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good plot twist and thriller.
Also by Holly Jackson
A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER
The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it.
But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final year project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?
Holly Jackson was born in 1992. She grew up in Buckinghamshire and started writing stories from a young age, completing her first (poor) attempt at a book at age fifteen.
‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ is a YA Mystery Thriller and her debut novel. She lives in London and aside from reading and writing, she enjoys binge-playing video games and pointing out grammatical errors in street signs
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