Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a review copy in exchange for my honest opinions. I read this book last year but didn’t write a review until now.
Publication Date: October 17, 2023
Publisher: Razorbill
Pages: 320
Genre: YA Thriller
Rating: 3/5
Thin Air is a unique take on a locked room mystery. There are 12 teenage contestants taking a private jet on their way to Paris. Each one of them has signed up to this exclusive contest to earn a scholarship for college. What they weren’t expecting is that the contest would start on the plane and someone would start picking them off one by one.
Overall this was a fun and drama filled read. The plane ride is only 8 hours which meant that things were constantly happening. I also enjoyed the games they had to play and the group dynamics. Of course everyone was keeping secrets which made everyone a suspect.
While I understand that this is a young adult book I did not like the romance elements in the story. I can understand crushing on someone but the romance was too heavy of a topic for most of these people just meeting. I also thought that the killer was fairly obvious and I was hoping that I would be wrong since I clocked them from the beginning.
I do have a soft spot for YA mystery/thrillers and I think this was a fun one. I enjoyed the contestants trying to figure out the clues they were given as well as who was the one behind the violence happening. This was Parker’s debut and I will definitely be keeping my eye out for what she comes out with in the future.
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