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White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig Published by Feiwel & Friends on April 24, 2018
Pages: 288
Source: ARC from Publisher
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Caleb Roehrig, author of Last Seen Leaving, delivers another spellbinding YA murder mystery in White Rabbit.
Rufus Holt is having the worst night of his life. It begins with the reappearance of his ex-boyfriend, Sebastian—the guy who stomped his heart out like a spent cigarette. Just as Rufus is getting ready to move on, Sebastian turns up out of the blue, saying they need to "talk." Things couldn’t get worse, right?
Then Rufus gets a call from his sister April, begging for help. He and Sebastian find her, drenched in blood and holding a knife beside the dead body of her boyfriend, Fox Whitney.
April swears she didn’t kill Fox. Rufus knows her too well to believe she’s telling him the whole truth, but April has something he needs. Her price is his help. Now, with no one to trust but the boy he wants to hate yet can’t stop loving, Rufus has one night to clear his sister’s name . . . or die trying.
My Thoughts:
I absolutely loved Caleb Roehrig’s debut, Last Seen Leaving. I don’t typically gravitate toward thriller/suspense novels but Caleb’s intrigued me and I devoured it. Of course I was so excited for White Rabbit. And of course I absolutely loved it as well! Maybe even more!
First of all… Rufus. Oh my stars. What a great character. He went straight to my heart and I just wanted to protect him! He’s totally endearing (especially when considering how deplorable pretty much everyone else is!) I loved his voice and humor. It was especially interesting to see how he dealt with basically being forced to spend time with the guy who broke his heart. He’s still a mess over it (and other issues in his life) but is trying so hard to show that he’s got it all together. Oh man. Can I relate to that!
I loved how the mystery of this one unravels in layers. Rufus is trying to figure out what happened but everyone he talks to is clearly lying to him. He and Sebastian have to keep circling around to the different players to pull the truth from them. There are so many secrets and lies! Totally kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat.
Finally, I love how Caleb’s books are totally focused on the mystery/thriller aspect but also totally focused on the relationship/drama aspect. A well developed thriller and well developed characters/relationships? I am so in!
White Rabbit just flew by for me. I was totally invested and wanted to spend more time with Rufus and Bash. I highly recommend giving Caleb Roehrig’s books a try.
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