{"id":43900,"date":"2024-07-12T20:42:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T00:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=43900"},"modified":"2024-07-12T20:42:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T00:42:21","slug":"review-of-the-girl-in-question-by-tess-sharpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=43900","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Girl in Question, by Tess Sharpe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/girl_in_question_large-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/girl_in_question_large-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43997\" \/><\/a><em>The Girl in Question<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Tess Sharpe<br \/>\nread by the Author<\/p>\n<p>Little, Brown and Company, 2024.  408 pages.<br \/>\nReview written June 10, 2024, from a library book.<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p><em>The Girl in Question<\/em> is a sequel to the amazing thriller <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/girls_ive_been.html\">The Girls I&#8217;ve Been<\/a><\/em>, and yes, it&#8217;s a worthy successor.  If you like thrillers even a little bit, pick these two up.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t say too much about the plot, because I don&#8217;t want to give away the twists from the first book.  Let&#8217;s just say that some very, very bad people are after Nora and her friends.  Some of the same bad people they thought they&#8217;d dealt with in the first book.  Which is terrifying right there.<\/p>\n<p>Nora has plans in place to disappear.  After all, that&#8217;s how she grew up &#8212; doing the con, then stepping into a new life.  But now, Nora likes her life.  She&#8217;s very much in love with Iris.  And Wes is like a brother to her.  Wes has a girlfriend now, but they&#8217;re even going to let her come along on their backpacking trip through the mountains. <\/p>\n<p>But out in the wilderness isn&#8217;t a great place to have angry thugs after you. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s danger and violence and manipulation &#8212; and lots of reversals and surprises &#8212; along with lots and lots of tension.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, let&#8217;s just say that bad guys shouldn&#8217;t mess with Nora and her friends.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a whole lot more I could say, but I don&#8217;t want to give anything away.  Please believe me that these books are amazing!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, I will let you know how the book starts, with the chapter heading &#8220;Day Seven:  The Cabin&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m tied to the chair.  It is not an ideal defensive position.  My fingers keep going numb.  That won&#8217;t do.  I shift, trying to get the blood flowing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;Day Seven&#8221; heading does foreshadow that there will be flashbacks to how we got there &#8212; and there&#8217;s going to be more after Day Seven.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line, besides being kickass, these characters are fiercely loyal and have taken their lives back after trauma, and I love that despite apparent odds completely against them, the bad guys are in for a surprise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tess-sharpe.com\/about\/\">tess-sharpe.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0316574910\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/girl_in_question.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/girl_in_question.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe read by the Author Little, Brown and Company, 2024. 408 pages. Review written June 10, 2024, from a library book. Starred Review The Girl in Question is a sequel to the amazing thriller The Girls I&#8217;ve Been, and yes, it&#8217;s a worthy successor. 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