The June Boys

It's a shame so many of the reviews skew negative due to issues with the ARC, something that any new readers wouldn't have any issue with. I almost didn't pick up this book due to that, so if you're hesitating - give it a go!

I really enjoyed this one, and while I for once actually guessed the suspect quite early on I kept thinking I was wrong the whole time whenever new information was given!
Very suspenseful and exciting.

It is a little confusing that the elizabeth letters are set in the future, but you can work it out from the month dates (which are given every chapter) May and June. It definitely could have been made clearer but part of the fun for me was figuring out if the letters from Aulus were written just after he got kidnapped or 1 year later.

I think the ending was satisfying, I have maybe 1 or two questions which is pretty good for a whodunnit.

I read this one by audiobook and there's an extra ‘interview' with Stancy and Tank which was enjoyable - but only gave me more questions! So I'm sad I didnt get to experience the drawings and diagrams made by Aulus, hope I can pick up the paper copy one day.
It was narrated well, I thought Aulus' voice was way, way too deep at first but by the end it had grown on me and was just ‘his voice'.

Closer to 4.5 stars!!!! I really enjoyed this book! Thee was a great character and she was just out of the loop enough that you were finding out all the twists at the same time as her. I will say that majority of the other characters weren't completely flushed out.

I only lowered the rating because I didn't like the way the love interest, Nick, talks to Thee sometimes. There were a few instances where he was subtly gaslighting her. Other than the two conversations, he was amazing.

I read majority of this in 2 sittings because I got sucked in whenever I picked this up.





Thank you to Thomas Nelson and Zondervan and NetGalley for providing me with an audiobook copy to review.