The Sleepover
From the #1 internationally bestselling author Samantha King, a gripping, emotional psychological thriller about a mother's worst nightmare...The Sleepover asks "Who would you trust to keep your child safe?" It was meant to be the best night of her son's life... Was it his last? Izzy is thrilled when her shy, 12-year-old son is invited for his first sleepover. Nick has spent years being isolated and picked on; he deserves a night of fun and friendship. But Izzy is also nervous: it's a year to the day since bullies put Nick in the hospital. She drops him off at his new best friend's house with mixed feelings. Arriving to collect him the following morning, her worst fears come true...Nick isn't there. Who has taken her son? And will she ever get him back?
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I read this book really quickly! It was definitely hard to put down, but as I got closer to the end, I kind of started to lose a little bit of interest, unfortunately. I enjoyed probably the first 90% of the book very much. It's a great premise - a mother allows her 12-year-old boy to go to a sleepover with friends, and the next day he's nowhere to be found. I liked the slow burn of finding out the background of some of the characters. But I think it started to lose me when the mother found out something very important, and then inexplicably neglected to tell anyone. It didn't make a lot of sense. I also thought the ending was a bit too convoluted and “twisty”. Overall, I did enjoy most of it, but I would have appreciated a better ending.