#murdertrending
by Gretchn McNeil
♦publisher: Freeform
♦release date: August 7th, 2018
♦hardcover, 352 pages
♦intended audience: Young adult
♦series: #murdertrending, book 1
♦source: ARC from publisher for review consideration
WELCOME TO THE NEAR FUTURE, where good and honest 8/18 citizens can enjoy watching the executions of society’s most infamous convicted felons, streaming live on The Postman app from the suburbanized prison island Alcatraz 2.0.
When eighteen-year-old Dee Guerrera wakes up in a haze, lying on the ground of a dimly lit warehouse, she realizes she’s about to be the next victim of the app. Knowing hardened criminals are getting a taste of their own medicine in this place is one thing, but Dee refuses to roll over and die for a heinous crime she didn’t commit. Can Dee and her newly formed posse, the Death Row Breakfast Club, prove she’s innocent before she ends up wrongfully murdered for the world to see? Or will The Postman’s cast of executioners kill them off one by one?
When eighteen-year-old Dee Guerrera wakes up in a haze, lying on the ground of a dimly lit warehouse, she realizes she’s about to be the next victim of the app. Knowing hardened criminals are getting a taste of their own medicine in this place is one thing, but Dee refuses to roll over and die for a heinous crime she didn’t commit. Can Dee and her newly formed posse, the Death Row Breakfast Club, prove she’s innocent before she ends up wrongfully murdered for the world to see? Or will The Postman’s cast of executioners kill them off one by one?
{Amy's Thoughts}
Reality shows collide in this horror mash-up, where only the
smartest, keenest, most cunning survive against serial killers out to right the
wrongs. Survivor meets Big Brother, meets Scream Queens where this time the killer becomes the prey, and
being the sole survivor takes on a whole new meaning. Fast-paced, riveting and unputdownable, #murdertrending takes social media to a
whole new level.
Unique, original and utterly twisted, #murdertrending takes a walk on the dark side with its own style of
humor. Filled with serial killers with names like; Molly Mauler, Hardy Girls,
Robin Hoods, Cecil B. DeVioleny, and DIYnona who all kill with flair in their
own stylized set. As an added bonus for those who are familiar with San
Francisco; this is a fun ride through an altered Treasure Island turned into
the deadly Alcatraz 2.0.
Gretchen McNeil does it again with her fantastic ability to
capture her reading audience within the very first page. A true Queen of young adult suspense, McNeil
makes her readers mindfully unaware of the deathly twists turns they are about
to be taken on.
A book that makes you think about entertainment in America,
the allure behind reality shows, how little we all have control, and what if
one person takes it too far. While the
whole idea of a murder island sanctioned by the government is an all–too scary
reality, this story is a gripping page-turner that will leave you guessing
until the very end.
{ABOUT THE AUTHOR}
Gretchen McNeil is the author of the YA horror/suspense novels POSSESS, 3:59, RELIC, GET EVEN, GET DIRTY, and TEN (a YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, a Romantic Times Top Pick, and a Booklist Top Ten Horror Fiction for Youth) all with Balzer + Bray for HarperCollins. Gretchen’s first YA contemporary I’M NOT YOUR MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL, also with Balzer + Bray, hit shelves in 2016, and her next novel will be the horror-comedy #MURDERTRENDING for Disney/Freeform in August 2018.Gretchen’s novels have been published internationally in Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, and Czech. The film adaptation of TEN starring China Anne McClain (Descendants 2, Black Lightning), Rome Flynn (The Bold and the Beautiful), and Callan McAuliffe (Flipped, I Am Number Four), directed by Chris Robert for Rain Maker Films, premiered on Lifetime on September 16, 2017.
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