Review: The Reunion

Title: The Reunion
Author: Kit Frick
Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Contemporary
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Source: Publisher
Format: Paperback arc
Release Date: August 29, 2023
Rating: ★★★★★

Goodreads Synopsis:

From the author of I Killed Zoe Spanos comes a YA thriller in the vein of The White Lotus and Karen M. McManus’s The Cousins following a doomed family reunion at a posh Caribbean resort, where old grudges and dangerous secrets culminate in murder.

Eleven Mayweathers went on vacation. Ten came home.

It’s been years since the fragmented Mayweather clan was all in one place, but the engagement of Addison and Mason’s mom to the dad of their future stepbrother, Theo, brings the whole family to sunny Cancún, Mexico, for winter break. Add cousin Natalia to the mix, and it doesn’t take long for tempers to fray and tensions to rise. A week of forced family “fun” reveals that everyone has something to hide, and as secrets bubble to the surface, no one is safe from the fallout. By the end of the week, one member of the reunion party will be dead—and everyone’s a 
The Addison needs a better hiding place.
The Theo just wants to mend fences.
The Natalia doesn’t want to talk about the past.
The Mason needs to keep his temper under control.

It started as a week in paradise meant to bring them together. But the Mayweathers are about to learn the hard way that family bonding can be deadly.

Review:

The Mayweather family went on a vacation in Cancun together. The grand finale is supposed to be an engagement party for Addison and Mason’s mom to Theo’s father. Their parents planned this as a bonding trip for the teens, but they weren’t aware of the tension between all of the teens. Addison and Mason haven’t seen their cousin Natalia in three years, since the “incident.” They all have secrets that they’re hiding from each other now because of the “incident.” Each of the teens have something to hide, and by the end of the week one of the family members will be dead. 

This thriller was fast paced and twisty! It followed four teens who were related, but they each had their secrets. I liked how many of their secrets and the “incident” weren’t revealed until the close to the end of the story. This kept up the mystery and suspense of the story. I was really surprised when the killer was revealed. The ending was left open for a possible sequel which I would love to see!

The Reunion is the perfect YA read for fans of White Lotus!

Thank you Simon Teen for sending me a copy of this book!

Have you read The Reunion? What did you think of it?