I love that it’s set at a British university rather than an American college. I can relate to the feeling of being a fresher 😂

The start of this book had me intrigued and wondering how everything and everyone fit together. I love that you’re fed bits of information in a way hat feels natural, rather than an information dump.

The scene setting is great and is realistic for a British uni (in my opinion).
I think the 4 protagonists are written well and compliment each other, and it works well when their pasts start to catch up on them.

I Also love the different POV. It gives you a sneak peek into the real thoughts behind each persona!

This was a quick, suspenseful read for me and I really enjoyed it!
If you like thriller and suspense novels like An Anonymous Girl and Gone Girl, then you’ll enjoy this!

I am afraid I really struggled with this book. It read like a YA and felt disjointed and unrealistic. What mother getting a text message from her daughter stating that after a week at Uni she was just dropping out to go travelling would not have gone ballistic with worry, not just accept it. I also found the shortening of Imogen to IMO irritating as every time I read it, I read it as in my opinion. But that is just me.

I am sure it will prove to be a big bestseller though, just not for me.

This was a little disconcerting to read as my son has just started Uni and the accommodation described is identical to his! This was a fast paced thriller with a diverse range of characters all with secrets and some with a dark past. A stalker, a disappearance and strange new roommate make for an interesting mystery and not a lot of work! I did find some parts a little over the top based on having an eighteen year old as they seemed very mature and each seemed to have a skill that came together at the end to bring the story to a close. An enjoyable read.

Fantastic. When you throw strangers together of course they come with secrets and wow do these girls come with secrets! This exciting thriller keeps you guessing and wandering how far you would go for a stranger!

This story took a long time to get going. Flatmates all with their own secrets and deceptions in their past and present lives.

I’m a huge fan of this author so I was very excited to be invited onto the blog tour for this book, especially as the invitation came from the author herself which is always nice. Once again the author has written a realistic, twisty thriller which was hard to put down.

The author perfectly captures the atmosphere of Freshers at university with the excitement of being somewhere new but the fear of not fitting in which reminded me of me of my own experience. The old college buildings added a slightly creepy edge to the story as there were lots of dark corners to hide in.

The four main characters were brilliantly evoked with all of them coming from very different backgrounds which gives plenty of reasons for disagreements between them. Each of the characters are holding back parts of themselves, as you’d expect in a new situation, which makes it hard for the reader to decide who to trust. I have to admit I didn’t really like any of the characters to start with but as I got to know them better and saw their interactions with each other I started to care about them. They really pull together when one of their group goes missing which was heartwarming to see.

There is plenty of intrigue to keep the readers interest with their quiet room mate Riku who doesn’t give much away about himself and the mysterious stranger who seems to be watching the characters just out of sight. Is he real or is he just a figment of their increasing paranoia? This as well as the characters interesting backstory combines to make a gripping read which I found hard to put down. I thoroughly review this enjoyable read to everyone!

Huge thanks to Rachel Sargeant for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Harper Collins for my copy of this book via Netgalley.

It is such an exciting time to go to university especially if it means being independent for the first time and house-sharing with other students. The only thing is the house-sharing is normally with complete strangers that know nothing about each other. Imogen, Amber, Teagan and Pheonix were complete strangers with some pretty hefty baggage that they didn't want to bring with them. Then just across the hall, there was Riku, a man that kept himself to himself. This was a time to start a clean slate and build the futures they were aiming for, not looking back on.
It isn't long before one of the roommates goes missing and Imogen is determined to find out where she has gone or what has happened to her. Once she starts looking then she sees things that hadn't been obvious before, like someone watching them from a distance but always managing to hide their face. If she is going to get anywhere she can't do this herself so she talks her roommates into helping.
I must admit that my favourite character in this story is Teagan. She has tried to hide her background but luckily for the group, she has learnt some pretty dodgy stuff from her past. She is sassy and confident, just what they need.
The story began as a mystery to be solved but as it unfolds and these reluctant amateur sleuths dig deeper to find their missing roommate I realised it had turned into a top rate thriller. The pace had increased and the dangers had escalated tenfold. I couldn't put this book down there was no place to stop. A super read.
I wish to thank NetGalley and the publisher for an e-copy of this book which I have reviewed honestly.

Leaving home and going off to University is supposed to be one of life's big adventures. New opportunities,new friends,loads of freedom and parties. But Imogen (Imo) has been at University for only one week and she already feels like she has made a massive mistake.

She can't shake the unnerving feeling that she is being stalked by a mysterious shadowy figure and that her three room mates Amber,Regan and Phoenix are keeping secrets from her.

Then Amber disappears.

Can the remaining room mates overcome their differences and work together to find their missing room mate? Where is Amber and why has Imogen become so obsessed with her disappearance that it's starting to affect her everyday life and studies.

The chapters alternate between all four of the room mates,each of whom was a diverse individual with their own vivid personalities and hidden secrets. Out of all four of the girls,my least favourite for most of the book was Tegan although she did redeem herself a little towards the end of the story. Imogen was a complex character who carried around a lot of baggage with her due to her secret. The readers knew what her secret was and why she behaved the way she did but the other girls didn't find out what it was until quite late in the story.

This is a gripping mystery/thriller that is packed full of twists and turns,keeps the reader guessing and frantically turning the pages from the first page,right through to the breath taking conclusion. From the way that this story ends it appears that the author is planning to write a sequel. Fingers crossed that she is because one of the girls secrets is not resolved by the end of this book and I would love to read another story featuring these fantastic characters. Once I started reading this well written thriller,I honestly couldn't put it down and I think that this is Rachel Sargeant`s best book so far. Worth far more than five stars and very highly recommended.

Thank you for the opportunity to review this book. I'm sorry to say it wasn't for me and I can't even pinpoint why but I didn't like it as much as the majority of other books in the genre I have read. Apologies.

This was a fascinating story of loss and emotional involvement. four young women share a flat at University, all with secrets in lives, to hide. Lots of twist and turns and a web of intrigue. A great conclusion except for the last sentence. Some peoples anguish never ends!

An intricate thriller that has several different mini stories woven through.

I found it hard to follow sometimes but it was a very enjoyable read nonetheless.

Psychological suspense set on a University campus, the girls who share a corridor find themselves working together to try and track down a missing girl who no-one really thinks is missing. All the girls have their own histories they are obscuring or ignoring, and all want to reinvent themselves now they have a chance.

A solid suspense novel with good twists including several that took me by surprise

I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy this book when I first started reading it. When I did get in to it, I couldn't put it down; did hope it might have had an even happier end but was a good read.

Psychological thriller featuring four tiresome girls who are thrust into chaos when one of them disappears.

The fact that I found it impossible to empathise with any of them probably reflects on my advanced age rather than any shortcomings in the book.

Sorry to say I found it heavy going.

A completely absorbing multiple character viewpoint mystery. There are so many different threads to this novel that I couldn't believe they could ever work in a believable way. So it was a pleasure and relief to read simply to see them all weave into each other, the added bonus is that the overall story is very interesting and well done.

Thank you to Thank you to Jen from Harper Collins for my invitation to the tour and my copy of the book in return for a fair and honest review.

The book begins with the dropping off at university and as a Mum of two children at university I remembered this heart-rendering moment very well.

Although Imo’s Mother has another reason to find this even more difficult.

The reader finds out very quickly that something has happened in Imo’s life that has changed her forever. She finds herself living with Amber, Tegan and Phoenix who all have their own issues in their lives.



The girls start to explore their university they all start to see a hooded man who seems to pop up everywhere?

Does one of the girls have a stalker or is it something else?



Amber does not come home one evening and Imo has a feeling something untoward has happened to her.



However, she has a huge job in convincing the others of this especially when Amber's Mum turns up to empty her room and says she has gone travelling.



Imo will not let her hunch go and Phoenix and Tegan begin to wonder if she is really not well, but they decide to help her even if it is just to prove her wrong.



I do not want to give anymore away from this great, gripping read. I read the book really quickly and there are some quite dark moments in this book but I had to find out if Imo was right and Amber was in trouble. The book has lots of details about the girls but it is all important to the bigger picture.



I enjoy reading books where I am surprised by the direction the author takes and I was not disappointed by the twists and turns in this story.



Thank you for a really entertaining read!

This book centres around four university students meeting for the first time when they discover they are roommates.

The four girls, Imogen, Amber, Teagan and Phoenix, couldn’t be more different. They all come from very different backgrounds but one thing they all have in common is that they are all hiding things from their past. During Freshers week suddenly Amber disappears. Imogen starts to panic and thinks something is wrong but everyone else, including Ambers family, don’t seem concerned. Imogen starts digging and finally convinces her roommates that something is wrong. Will they discover the truth about each other as well as what has happened to Amber ?

A great book with lots of mystery and secrets galore. Although a slow start things suddenly pick up and suddenly we see the different sides to each character.

Thank you to Harper Collins UK and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book.

Thank you herbalist for letting me read this book I enjoyed it I would recommend this book it does draw you into the book after the second chapter .

Four young women embark on their University career and are grouped together in a flat share in University Halls. Four young women from different backgrounds, different cultures, different experiences: all with their own fears, worries, concerns, ambitions and secrets. A brand new start, a fresh beginning. But, is it so easy to have this fresh beginning?

It took me a little while to get into this book as it felt somewhat muddled, obviously trying to pin down exactly who each girl was and her particular concern. Not particularly helped when we had to cope with their respective families and associated names. Add into this – a name change! Also, you have to factor in ‘is she completely paranoid/delusional/rational/honest.

They are only on campus a few days when one of the girls, Amber, goes missing and this gets Imo (Imogen) really rattled, particularly as she also believes there is someone stalking her/one of the others/?

If I am completely honest I sort of thought that it was a bit like a teenage novel but, oh how wrong can you be? It was well written, can’t say I liked the characters much, but the plot development was spot-on, quite horrific really. So if a dark, psychological plot is your thing – go on spoil yourself and settle down with the roommates.

Thank you to the author, publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC via my Kindle in return for an honest review.

A mystery about new roommates at the start of their university careers. 4 girls are thrown together, all of them have complicated pasts and something to hide. When one of them disappears they try to pull together and find out what has happened to her.
An interesting mystery but one I found difficult to relate with as I couldn’t really engage with a book about students. In the later parts I found their reaction to a serious situation simply unbelievable. It also seemed a bit far fetched that they all had so many issues.