Do you know that feeling when you start a book and it just sucks you in with a deep rooted mystery? Red River Seven drew me in from the get go with some slight horror and a mystery surrounding how strangers with no memory are all on a boat together. From here the author does a great job drip feeding us information, ratcheting up tension and delivering a world changing ending. Why am I only giving this 4-stars then? Well, the characters themselves kind of get lost for me, working out who’s who - not enough to make me want to stop but it was easy to forget who was doing what. All in all, a fun read and it’s a recommendation if you like a little horror in your life.

Red River Seven is sci-fi/thriller by author, AJ Ryan. This author was new to me and I picked it up based on the intriguing synopsis which featured one of my favorite mystery tropes where strangers wake up somewhere with amnesia and have to figure out what happened while overcoming some kind of danger. The story was action packed, full of suspense and mystery and hooks you from the chilling opening. The reader travels along with our amnesic main characters as they navigate this atmospheric landscape following along with the instructions left to them. Part sci-fi, part survival, part-adventure this one was a lot of fun to read. I feel like the suspense built up over the course of the book making me want to keep reading eager to find out the truth behind this mystery and the fate of our main characters. I was a little let down by the ending, but still overall enjoyed this one. The style of this book reminded me a lot of A.G. Riddle who is an author I really enjoy. I’ll be keeping an eye out for other books by this author.

Unfamiliar with this author's previous work but I did not enjoy this. Flat writing, dull characters, a tired plot. However this was a fast, read in one day book.