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 Update 1/5/16: 
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 I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review 
 I was a little surprised at the low rating of this novel seeing how it's not even released yet, but I decided to take a chance with this novel anyway. For me, mystery/thriller is either hit or miss. Sometimes it works really well, and other times it doesn't. This is the first time where I am in between. The actual mystery element of this novel is pretty well done. It's not perfect as I pretty much figured everything out way before reaching the end where all is revealed, but it still is an exciting mystery/thriller. For those that can't figure everything out, it's definitely a shock with all of the twists at the end. However, the problem I had is that the rest of this book felt irrelevant. I had my ups and downs with the main character, Nikki, which is my biggest complaint. I also had a problem with the fact that I could virtually skip paragraphs/sections of this novel and still know exactly what was going on. These paragraphs often felt irrelevant to the story, and served no purpose except to make the story longer. 
 As I said, the mystery element of the story was very well written. I loved the twists and turns that Ms. Brown incorporated into the story, and I didn't figure most things out until almost the end of the novel. While (to me) it was pretty obvious who the murderer was, it still comes out in such a shocking way. The entire end of this novel was thrilling and full of edge-of-your-seat moments. It was exceptionally written and the perfect way to end the novel. Honestly, this was the best part of the novel, and I wish that how the ending was carried out was how the rest of the novel was. 
 Nikki was a huge problem for me in this novel though. I didn't agree with most of her actions--in fact, most of her actions really bothered me. She's extremely reckless and careless. Nikki's "relationship" with Dru confused me so much because they literally just met in the hospital (they never met prior to this), and all of a sudden they're both head over heels for each other in lust. Even when Dru becomes a suspect to her, she still doesn't stay away from him!! They're entire relationship was very unrealistic and made no sense. I also didn't really like the way Nikki treated her father, the only person that actually cares about her. But ultimately the way she handled dealing with the cops really bothered me. She had evidence and 
 extremely important 
 information that could have aided the investigation and just decided not to tell anyone. Now I do understand that Nikki has an untrustworthy relationship with the cops as they never solved her mother's murder, but still, it's just common sense to turn over evidence you have and to 
 not put your hands all over evidence that is tied to a murder 
 ! 
 There were several subplots that were also not tied up, however I have heard that there are plans to make this a series. I'm not entirely sure that this is true, but if it is, then I don't have a problem with these aspects of the story not being discussed more. However, if this is the only book then I'm extremely frustrated because these actually made up a large part of the novel. I was left feeling a little empty with the lack of explanation for these things. 
 Overall, I can't say that I would recommend this novel only due to the fact that besides the mystery element, there's nothing really that great about the book. It's nothing special or stand-out to me, and there are several discrepancies throughout the novel in regards to Nikki's synesthesia. While the writing was great, it didn't meet my expectations for a mystery/thriller. With a little editing, this novel could be amazing, but as it stands now, this is just an average book. 
 Happy reading :)