Queen B’s Decree: The Night They Vanished had an interesting premise. After a blind date, Hanna is looking up her date’s dark tourism website, and to her surprise, she’s a message about her estranged family on there…with the date of the murder today. From there, Hanna is constantly moving and trying to find her family.
The story is told in alternating points-of-view: Hanna’s in the current timeline, and her sister Sasha’s, in a timeline starting three months ago, but progressing to current day.
I was interested in the plot, but I found that The Night They Vanished moved slow at times (yet, strangely fast at other times?). I was able to predict the twists and secrets easily, although I was still invested to see how it would all play out.
Hanna was a difficult character to connect to: she was damaged and traumatized and seemed to be struggling with life. Her friendship with Dee was the best part, for me. They supported each other so wonderfully.
Overall, The Night They Vanished was an interesting read, but it contained a lot of unlikable characters and I struggled with caring about them.
Book: The Night They Vanished by Vanessa Savage
Series: standalone
Genre: Thriller
Hotness: no salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: dual POV