October 11, 2013

Review: Find Me by Romily Bernard


Title: Find Me (Find Me #1)
Author: Romily Bernard
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release date: September 24th 2013
Source: Edelweiss
Format: egalley

Rating: 3.5/5

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“Find Me.”

These are the words written on Tessa Waye’s diary. The diary that ends up with Wick Tate. But Tessa’s just been found . . . dead.

Wick has the right computer-hacking skills for the job, but little interest in this perverse game of hide-and-seek. Until her sister Lily is the next target.

Then Griff, trailer-park boy next door and fellow hacker, shows up, intent on helping Wick. Is a happy ending possible with the threat of Wick’s deadbeat dad returning, the detective hunting him sniffing around Wick instead, and a killer taunting her at every step?

Foster child. Daughter of a felon. Loner hacker girl. Wick has a bad attitude and sarcasm to spare.

But she’s going to find this killer no matter what.

Because it just got personal.

What attracted me to this book apart from the cover is that it is a thriller, I like to read a book of this genre from time to time and try to guess who´s the bad guy because they all look guilty, seeing the clues, hints and imagine what really happened and this book did not disappoint me in that aspect because since the beginning there are several suspects, but little by little some look less guilty until you find the real "culprit".

Find Me tells the story of Wick and her sister, they have been through several foster homes since their father is on the run from the police and at the moment they are with a good couple that really want to help them, but Wick with the kind of life she has lived so far does not trust anyone. She is a hacker who uses her skills to make money investigating boyfriends or husbands that cheat on their partner, but one of her rules is that all contact is through the computer never in person until one day she finds in front of her house a diary with a note that says " Find me " and her regular fee to start an investigation. But when she learns that the diary is from her former friend Tess, who apparently committed suicide, she wants no part with this research, that is until the day she founds several references about her little sister Lily, where Tess´s secret "boyfriend", seems to be interested in Lily and he  could go after her.

The story is told from Wick´s point of view, a girl whose only interest is to keep her sister safe, but their relationship begins to deteriorate because Lily wants the new life that is living with her new family and she doesn't want it to get ruin by Wick. Both sisters have a dark past because Wick has had to commit crimes to help her father and business partner, to which both girls would fear because they are violent and hurt one when they want to punish the other.

Overall, Find Me is a very entertaining thriller, I like follow the clues to find the bad guy. Something that I really liked is that at the beginning of each chapter are quotes from Tess´s diary where we realize the kind of relationship that she had with the man she was seeing in secret. Find Me is a book that fans of young adult thrillers will enjoy.

I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review.

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14 comments:

  1. I've seen this one at our local bookstore but I wanted to make sure that it was a good read before buying it. Seems good. Great review!

    Christie @ Read by the Undead

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  2. Well, this definitely looks good
    and I LOVE the cover, indeed
    Your reader,
    Soma
    http://insomnia-of-books.blogspot.com/

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  3. I've actually just started reading this one. And it's great so far. Lovely review!

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  4. I think this one looks really interesting. I enjoyed your review.

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  5. Very intriguing! The cover is so badass! Thanks for the review!

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  6. Sounds like a really cool suspenseful book! will have to try reading it myself :D

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  7. The cover itself looks interesting! Adding it up to ong my TBR! Thank you for the great review!! ^_^

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  8. I've been reading lots of thrillers lately and this book sounds like a great addition to the list. love the sound of it and the cover is perfect too. Great review.

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  9. im glad to hear it was good...i think this sounds awesome by the description.

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  10. cover is simply awesome hope the book is awesome as well :)

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  11. Glad you enjoyed it(:
    I really like the cover, and I've been wanting to read a good thriller. Hopefully I'll be getting this soon :D

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  12. I have heard such good things about this story. I like the cover, and the synopsis is definitely mysterious and intriguing. I love piecing together clues and trying to figure out who the bad guy is before the book reveals it. I think Find Me is a story that I could really enjoy. Thank you for your review!

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  13. I'm glad you enjoyed it! I actually bought it because the cover was great, leading me to read the summary. And then I took it home. The book was amazing, though. Like you, I just enjoy trying to find out who did it. I failed at this one, ugh.

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