SuitabookMalice
Gabrielle Lord
- Reading
- Try the opening together, then check in about the suspense and whether the countdown feels exciting or unsettling. Continue at a pace that suits your reader.
- Themes
- Threat and suspense: Winter feels watched and receives a note warning of “The Drowner” in 30 days. The premise presents a looming danger as the engine of a mystery; how the story evaluates the threat is not established.
- Friendship and separation: Winter's friends are part of the mystery, while Cal is away at flight school. The friends' involvement is part of the set-up, but their relationships and the significance of Cal's absence are not established.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes a threatening message, the feeling of being watched and an implied risk of violence. Consider whether that kind of sustained danger is comfortable for your reader.