![]() ![]() A few predictable twists don’t ruin the overall experience, as its strongest feature is Crystal’s rich and complex relationships with her violent, alcoholic father her friends and her sister and the ways they intertwine with her own past mistakes and the secrets she and her friends are keeping. ![]() Urban’s novel doesn’t pull punches as readers follow a thrilling cat-and-mouse game between Crystal and an anonymous figure. She must succeed before her sister dies-and her own secret is unveiled. As the hours pass, Crystal uses her gaming instincts to discover who is behind it all and why she and her friends are being targeted. Even though she and her sister seem to be at the center of it all, Crystal’s best friends and esports teammates start to fall victim when her tormentor makes her choose between their lives and her sister’s. When the first anonymous message comes through her phone, Crystal thinks she is being trolled again, but she soon realizes that her sister has indeed been kidnapped and is being held hostage, while the person who took her forces Crystal into playing a game of increasingly bizarre and violent tasks with a 24-hour time limit. A gamer is forced into the deadliest challenge she will ever engage in. ![]()
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