LitPick Review
Lotus keeps too many secrets for her own good. Secrets that she could never tell her parents about, secrets that would destroy her if they ever came out, destroy everything she loves. And so it happens that she's being threatened with one of those secrets. When her best friend Nova offers her the chance to join her and their friend, Vin, on a week-long getaway, she agrees. All they're going to be doing is focusing on their upcoming exams, with no devices, no link to the world outside. In a farmhouse miles away from the nearest town, what's going to happen? But it seems that someone is in the woods, watching them, warning them, trying to hurt them. When the lines between perpetrator and victim start to blur and her life and carefully hidden lies hang in the balance, will Lotus make it through?
Opinion:
Told from both the enigmatic stalker and Lotus’s point of view, Stranger Danger was a quick, engaging read which kept me hooked for the entirety of the story. It’s a young adult thriller, but still quite tame compared to some of the horror novels out there, although it has some darker themes. The characters were somewhat interesting. None of them are completely innocent and I thank the author for making the characters fall on the ‘grey’ side, because multifaceted personalities tend to intrigue me more. I especially really liked how Lotus’s and Nova’s dispositions were shown. The writing style was relatively easy to understand and the twists were unexpected. In short, the book is an engrossing, quality experience targeted for 12-17 year old teenagers.
