The Pact – Book Review

A golden summer, and six talented teenagers are looking forward to the brightest of futures – until a daredevil game goes horribly wrong, leaving three strangers dead.

18-year-old Megan takes the blame for the crime, leaving her friends to get on with their lives. In return, they each agree to a ‘favour’, payable on her release from prison.

Twenty years later Megan is free.
It is payback time.
And her friends start disappearing, one by one . . .

This was recommended to me on the Bookstagram and was labeled as one of the twisty and fast paced thrillers. So I got this book and actually, I wasn’t disappointed at all!

The story starts with six friends, Megan, Felix, Talitha, Amber, Xav and Daniel who are all waiting eagerly for their A’level examination results. However, one of their road games ended up killing a mother with two children. Daniel was the one who was driving and Megan decided to take the blame for what happened. She expected her friends to support her and visit her while she was in prison, as she was putting a trust on them. And Megan goes to prison but the other five remaining friends decided to go on their own ways

Twenty years later, Megan is released from prison and she contacts her friends. It was payback time and soon her friends start to disappear one by one.

This was a fast paced thriller. There were so many twists and turns and the story actually talks about the loyalty and friendship and of course betrayal. Most of the characters here are unlikable as I found all her friends to be spoilt and selfish when their friend took the blame by ruining her own life in prison. Megan probably is the only character that I actually had sympathy towards her. Also the whole story was well written and the writing was gripping and tense and the author did a good job of making the reader feel like they are on the edge. I was on the point of giving five stars but the ending to me wasn’t that great and I felt that it was rushed a little. It was a bit confusing as well.

Nonetheless, I manage to finish this book really quick and I actually enjoyed reading this book. This is the first time I have been reading from this author and I am looking forward to reading more of her books! Worth 4.5 stars!