Mikayla Davids

Sienna and Owen are spending time on her family's private island after secretly getting married. No one is happy about this arrangement, since Owen used to be the gardner on Oyster Island and they haven't known each other very long. They're planning on getting to know each other better while alone on the island for a few months, but then Leo and Hazel show up and all their plans change. Leo works for Sienna's father, and she's unsure what his real reason is for being on the island, and Hazel is the girlfriend that Sienna didn't know he had. After a night of drinking, Sienna and Owen have a fight, and everything turns to chaos when a storm hits the island.

This was a good private island mystery. There are a lot of suspects, including Owen and Leo, who happens to be Sienna's ex. Is Leo a killer, trying to frame Owen so he can get her back? What's Owen's secret, and would he actually kill someone? But the suspects don't stop there. There's Jed, a somewhat disgruntled employee who doesn't seem too happy that Owen went from being the help to the man of the house. Unlikely suspects are Joseph and Molly, who have basically raised Sienna but Joseph isn't happy about being on the island. Who is out to get Sienna? And why?

There were multiple points of view throughout the novel, switching mainly from Sienna to Owen, with a few splashes of commentary from the Killer. Both POVs were told through first-person, and sometimes when I would pick the book back up I wouldn't remember whose view I was reading from (although it does tell you at the beginning of each chapter, so it's not too confusing).

All in all, a good secluded island whodunit. The characters were well-developed, there were numerous red herrings, and an ending to die for.… (más)

Sienna and Owen are spending time on her family's private island after secretly getting married. No one is happy about this arrangement, since Owen used to be the gardner on Oyster Island and they haven't known each other very long. They're planning on getting to know each other better while alone on the island for a few months, but then Leo and Hazel show up and all their plans change. Leo works for Sienna's father, and she's unsure what his real reason is for being on the island, and Hazel is the girlfriend that Sienna didn't know he had. After a night of drinking, Sienna and Owen have a fight, and everything turns to chaos when a storm hits the island.

This was a good private island mystery. There are a lot of suspects, including Owen and Leo, who happens to be Sienna's ex. Is Leo a killer, trying to frame Owen so he can get her back? What's Owen's secret, and would he actually kill someone? But the suspects don't stop there. There's Jed, a somewhat disgruntled employee who doesn't seem too happy that Owen went from being the help to the man of the house. Unlikely suspects are Joseph and Molly, who have basically raised Sienna but Joseph isn't happy about being on the island. Who is out to get Sienna? And why?

There were multiple points of view throughout the novel, switching mainly from Sienna to Owen, with a few splashes of commentary from the Killer. Both POVs were told through first-person, and sometimes when I would pick the book back up I wouldn't remember whose view I was reading from (although it does tell you at the beginning of each chapter, so it's not too confusing).

All in all, a good secluded island whodunit. The characters were well-developed, there were numerous red herrings, and an ending to die for.… (más)