The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss
The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss
When I first saw this book was co-written by Marissa Meyer (I loved The Lunar Chronicles series!) and read the premise I was excited. I was even more excited to be chosen to read an ARC and was quickly sucked into the story.
Reality game show books have always been fun for me to read, especially when the authors spend time on the scenes for the actual game show. Meyer and Moss did a great job in explaining the sets of the escape rooms and explaining the clues and codes that the contestants have to figure out. It was fast-paced, exciting and difficult to put down since I wanted to know everything. I also enjoyed how they delved into how truths are stretched and producers often push certain storylines in reality TV. This made everything more realistic and I think I’d love if this was actually a game show one day. Puzzle geniuses escaping rooms with a team, so fun!
The main characters are well developed and thankfully not the typical annoying YA characters. I’ve been having difficulty reading most YA recently because I find so many of the characters annoying and more like caricatures rather than true people. The extra unsolved puzzle of how Sierra’s sister, Alicia, died in the previous season, adds even more intrigue to the storyline. I enjoyed the majority of this book, even the choice of the murderer, however I do feel like the reveal of the villain was a bit weird because suddenly they just showed up. That part was a bit silly and I felt could have been done better.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it for something different to read. The ending also makes it possible for there to potentially be a sequel which I would definitely read if they chose to write it.
Synopsis: It’s all fun and games until someone ends up dead.
Six months ago, season four of The Escape Game ended in horror when contestant Alicia Angelos was found murdered on set.
Now season five is underway, and new contestants are ready to put their skills to the test solving the show's trickiest escape rooms. There's Adi, the cryptographer; Carter, the math whiz; Beck, the wannabe game master, and . . . Sierra Angelos, the girl who got away with her sister’s murder. Or so everyone believes.
But Sierra’s not just here to win. She’s here for justice.
When the contestants begin uncovering clues that hint at the identity of Alicia’s true killer, it becomes clear that the stakes aren’t high in this competition, they’re deadly. If these teens want to win—and survive—the game, they must solve the biggest mystery of who killed Alicia Angelos?