Laura's Reviews > This Is Our Story

“If one of us goes down for this, it’ll be as bad as all of us going down for this,” I say. “We can’t let that happen.”

The concept is awesome. Five go in the woods. Only four come back out. What happened? No one is saying. One of those five is a killer and one is dead. The other three aren’t speaking. Why? Meet the River Point Boys.

The story follows Kate, a high school senior with an internship at the District Attorney’s office. It’s mostly filing, but could provide an inside scoop to the biggest case their small Louisiana town has ever seen. The DA is pressuring the prosecutor on the case to make it go away as quick as possible without any charges. The River Point Boys are all from well-connected families that practically put the DA in office, so the pressure is on. For reasons only she knows, Kate refuses to let that happen and thinks she owes it to Grant to find his killer. She wants justice and will go to great lengths to find it.

I thought the story was fine and entertaining until it started to get a bit slow. The characters lacked any real characterization making it hard to really connect. And the ending was a letdown. This isn’t one you should read for an epic mystery twist.

It was interesting how most every chapter from Kate’s perspective began with a brief text message exchange providing insight to the timeline. I also enjoyed how every other chapter was either from the killer’s POV or was an interrogation transcript. It’s impossible to guess who the killer is based on the perspective, though.

I do have to add that the cover is fantastic.