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Not a bad choice for #pop22 #FeaturesAParty 🎧At a Back To School party 10 children enter a barn to “play” with a gun. When it accidentally goes off leaving one child fighting to survive, the kids vow to keep the circumstances to themselves, leaving the parents & police to try to determine what happened and why. I was totally engaged but near the end I started to lose some interest. A #BorrowNotBuy would make for good discussion

This is a solid contemporary mystery. At a back to school party a group of middle graders enter a stable where they secretly bring a gun. The gun goes off and one child ends up clinging to life. The children take a vow not to speak about what happened in the barn. Now a community is torn apart. I‘ve been gripped. #pop22 #FeaturesAParty

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IMHO this was more of a multiple family drama read than it was a musketeer or suspense; as it has been pegged. The suspense factor IS there, just not enough for me to be labeled those..

Still a good read! Crazy character development at times and definitely a good discussion book for a book club or just in general!

I get so flustered trying to pick a book after I REALLY enjoyed the one that I just finished.. going with this one! 🤞🏻

Even though nothing ever happens in this sleepy town, when a child is shot, focus shifts.

At a child‘s birthday party, one is shot, and the others are keeping quiet.

I can definitely tell the amount of time this author dedicated to constructing her characters, but there were so many, it would get confusing. Much more a mystery and character study than thriller.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

For my #july4thweekendreadathon I was able to complete two books and logged 14 hours!

Completed books (not pictured) included :
The Hating Game
To All the Boys I Loved Before

And I enjoyed both of them!!

Now I am just beginning The Children‘s Secret… it sounds really intriguing-can‘t wait to get started!

Did anyone else finish a good book over the holiday weekend?