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The Reappearance of Rachel Price By Holly Jackson 5/5

The Reapperance of Rachel Price is a book about a missing mother that coinicidentley reappeared after sixteen years. Eighteen year old Bel has been under the mystery as when Rachel disappeared she was a toddler in the back seat and the last person to be with. As the Price family signs up for a documentary unbelievable Rachel appears and tells the story of her being kidnapped and kept away for 16 years. Bel has been suspicious of her mother and has a hard time living with her in the same household. She becomes obsessed trying to find clues and any answers but two questions always haunt her from the truth, why would she disappear? And even scarier why would she return? As she’s finding clues she keeps her guard up from her family and has a little romance with the film crew. Hiding the lies behind the camera there are deeper and darker secrets that could change the Price family forever. 

In the beginning when I started reading the book I knew it would be a good book as she was a popular author making books like Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and Five Survive. I was very excited as I loved mystery as it thrills me and this has been one of the best. Trust the process as the beginning might bore you a little but the further you go you wouldn’t want to stop. The ending of chapters just made you want to flip the page more and more.

As you read along with Bel finding out clues and unraveling the truth bit by bit it sometimes makes me frustrated as you always want to know the full truth. The author does a good job giving the truth little by little as it keeps me guessing who could be trusted and who could not. There could have been a full plot twist pointing it to Bel if the author wanted to.

Overall the book was a very enjoyable thriller and I was very surprised even though I knew the author would do a good job her writing drew me in. In the start, it was a little rough but try to stay with it, it progresses gradually. Also, there isn’t a mood for when to read it once you read it you won’t want to put it down. If you want mystery, thriller, a little romance, and an unputtable down read then this is perfect for you!



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