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the first novel in a duology.>
In the finale of the fourth season, contestant Alicia
Angelos was found murdered on set. Six months later and season five is now
underway, and there is one standout team right out of the gate. Not for their
solve times (which are dismal) or their immediate camaraderie (nonexistent),
but for Sierra Angelos, younger sister of the deceased and one of multiple
suspects in Alicia’s murder. Sierra wants justice and prize money as she
distrusts everyone and hides behind thick makeup. Also on the team are Aditya
(Adi) Parvesh, the cryptographer with the face of a model; Carter Kelly, the
math whiz and highest-ranking Solve Specialist on the Domain; and Beck
Matheson, dexterous synesthete (he can taste sounds) and aspiring game master.
As Team Helsing starts uncovering clues and someone on the Domain going by the
Real Game Master says all will be revealed in the finale, it’s clear that the
stakes are deadlier than they imagined. To win this season of Hitflix’s The
Escape Game, the team will also have to survive. Nothing is as it seems.
The
opening story in a contemporary YA, murder mystery thriller is sarcastic and
sharp with treachery, drama and some of the best escape-room puzzles
imaginable. As soon as I started the novel, I knew I was going to enjoy it.
Untimely death isn’t a delight, but the writing is consuming, the solve story
is nonstop, the drama is compelling, the room maps provide a nice visual,
interviews punctuate the steady pace, and the puzzles are complex. But be wary,
for those puzzles might get you killed. Thanks to this topsy-turvy page-turner
with its twists and turns, I’ll definitely be putting the sequel on my TBR!
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