Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay -> Restarting February 23rd, 2021

[Alaina]

In one of the year’s most anticipated debut psychological thrillers, a family made infamous by a true crime documentary is found dead, leaving their surviving son to uncover the truth about their final days.

“They found the bodies on a Tuesday.” So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears.

After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family—his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister—have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain—and they won’t tell Matt why.

The tragedy makes headlines everywhere because this isn’t the first time the Pine family has been thrust into the media spotlight. Matt’s older brother, Danny—currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage girlfriend Charlotte—was the subject of a viral true crime documentary suggesting that Danny was wrongfully convicted. Though the country has rallied behind Danny, Matt holds a secret about his brother that he’s never told anyone: the night Charlotte was killed Matt saw something that makes him believe his brother is guilty of the crime.

When Matt returns to his small hometown to bury his parents and siblings, he’s faced with a hostile community that was villainized by the documentary, a frenzied media, and memories he’d hoped to leave behind forever. Now, as the deaths in Mexico appear increasingly suspicious and connected to Danny’s case, Matt must unearth the truth behind the crime that sent his brother to prison—putting his own life in peril—and forcing him to confront his every last fear.

Told through multiple points-of-view and alternating between past and present, Every Last Fear is not only a page-turning thriller, it’s also a poignant story about a family managing heartbreak and tragedy, and living through a fame they never wanted.

[Kelly]

I'm going to read this during the read-a-thon

[Kelly]

Starting now.

[Kelly]

Chapter 8 - (view spoiler)[What the... Charlotte is alive?! And Danny is innocent. Who's behind all of it and why? So many questions. The cops who interrogated him were probably dirty. So sad for Matt to lose his entire family. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 11 - (view spoiler)[This is so spooky. Someone pushed him and searched him for his phone? (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 14 - (view spoiler)[This book is one rush after the other and I'm loving it. What I don't love is Eric, what an asshole! I'm glad she got out. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 17 - (view spoiler)[He's feeding a homeless dog, I think I love him ^^ (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 19 - (view spoiler)[Holy shit. When she started panicking and told him to run, I got goose flesh lol this is crazy. And why do they want his phone so badly? To get rid of the texts/photo he received? (hide spoiler)]

[Kelly]

Chapter 33 - (view spoiler)["But first, bring me Eric Hutchinson." Please, kick his ass, Sarah. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 35 - (view spoiler)[I was wondering when it was going to hit him that his family had been murdered. He was way too chill when he got pushed on the road and got chased by someone. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 42 - (view spoiler)[Let Danny be ok... Ending a chapter like that isn't nice. (hide spoiler)]

[Kelly]

Chapter 61 - (view spoiler)[OMG it's been Kyle and Noah all along?? I feel like I should have seen it coming but I never suspected them. To be honest, I didn't really suspect anyone in particular. Also, every time we have the family's povs I'm so scared because we know how it ends and I don't want to read it. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 64 - (view spoiler)[I feel sick. (hide spoiler)]
Finished - 5 stars without a doubt.

[Alaina]

Holy cannoli.. lots of comments. Okay starting now lol.

[Kelly]

lol sorry a lot happened

[Alaina]

Ch 8: (view spoiler)[Wait a minute.. Charlotte is alive? Evan knows her? What the heck is going on right now? Also did the cartel murder them or is that just an easy suspect to go to? Ugh, I'm so confused.

Edit: I'm an idiot. Of course he knows her.. she dated his son. Ugh. (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

Ch 12: (view spoiler)[I'm sorry but what the fuck? Eric is a douche and deserved a throat punch as well. Good for you Maggie, run. (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

Ch 17: (view spoiler)[Intrigued that higher up people are getting into this case but I wonder if that's going to hurt them in the long run? (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

Ch 38: (view spoiler)[So creepy... WHO IS STARING AT HIM? (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 8 - [spoilers removed]
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Comment @ Ch 8, I had a feeling he was innocent from the start.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 8 - [spoilers removed]
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Comment @ Ch 11, so weird! Who did it?

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 8 - [spoilers removed]
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Comment @ Ch 14, yeah, fuck Eric.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 8 - [spoilers removed]
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Comment @ Ch 17, yeah that was pretty adorable and I have a feeling I would do the same.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 8 - [spoilers removed]
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Comment @ Ch 19, YES that was so sketchy. Definitely getting some cartel vibes now.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 33 - [spoilers removed]
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Comment @ Ch 33, such a bad ass move. Loved the whole.. perfect gentleman.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 33 - [spoilers removed]
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Comment @ Ch 35, seems weird that it happens now and now any time from Ch 1 to Ch 34. Ya know?

[Kelly]

Yeah but he was probably in shock.

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 33 - [spoilers removed]
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Comment @ Ch 42, I feel so bad for this guy right now.

[Alaina]

Ch 44: (view spoiler)[So many sketchy things are happening.. who is the guy with Hank? Cartel? Someone else he knows? Ugh, I have so many questions! (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

Ch 52: (view spoiler)[HOLY CRAP NOW HANK/JOEY IS MISSING? What is happening in this book? Who is next? (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 61 - [spoilers removed]
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Finished - 5 stars without a doubt."

Comment @ Ch 61, MY MIND IS BLOWN RIGHT NOW.

[Kelly]

I had the same reaction ^^

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 61 - [spoilers removed]
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Finished - 5 stars without a doubt."


Comment @ Ch 64, OMG getting everyone's POV made me so sad.

[Alaina]

Finished: (view spoiler)[OMG IT WAS NOAH? Yikes, he was all kinds of sketchy ... I can't even wrap my mind around everything right now. (hide spoiler)]

[Kelly]

Alaina wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Chapter 61 - [spoilers removed]
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Finished - 5 stars without a doubt."


Comment @ Ch 64, OMG getting everyone's POV made me so sad."

(view spoiler)[That last chapter with the dad was horrible... (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

Kelly wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Chapter 61 - [spoilers removed]
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Finished - 5 stars without a doubt."


Comment @ Ch 64, OMG getting everyone's POV made me so sad."

Tha..."

Yeah, it really was.

[Alaina]

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[Trisha]

wow, two previous 5 star ratings!?!?! I'm starting now!

[Kelly]

I hope you'll like it!

[Alaina]

Yes, good luck Trisha!

[Kelly]

That ending... I'm still not over it.

[Alaina]

I don't think anyone is..

[Trisha]

Through Chapter 14

Yeah, ef that guy Eric...

(view spoiler)[ I can't believe someone pushed him into traffic. Jeez.

but the videos are weird right? I mean, if she's really alive....then she went off to have a baby? Or was the baby someone else's? Surely they tested the DNA of the baby Charlotte was pregnant with....right???

and poor Matt. I can't imagine having that secret - having seen your brother pushing a wheel barrel that night when that is the crux of the prosecution's case...that he used one to get her to the water....why else would he have been pushing it that night? (hide spoiler)] It's so hard to know what to believe yet....

[Alaina]

Ugh, Eric.

[Trisha]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 19 - [spoilers removed]"

OMG Hank felt like(view spoiler)[ such a con(I was thinking prostitute and/or rob him though....) but she took his phone?! Why is Matt not more guarded if he's had to put up with this crap for so long AND he's not black out or pass out drunk?
BUT when she told him to run, I got goosebumps too!! What the heck is going on? Is Charlotte in hiding? DOES this have something to do with the cartel? Where they just checking to see what all he knows?!? (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

Trisha wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Chapter 19 - [spoilers removed]" ..."

LOL I died at the phone comment. Like really? That's it?

[Kelly]

Trisha wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Chapter 19 - [spoilers removed]" ..."

I feel spooked just remembering and reading your comment ^^

[Trisha]

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Ugh, Eric. I'm (view spoiler)[ so glad she got to kick him and his dad around a little... (hide spoiler)]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 35 - [spoilers removed]"

I agree(view spoiler)[ he was waaaaay too laid back about someone hunting him in the forest and the girl CLEARLY having some kind of plan for him (and the weirdness of the police requiring him to come in person to Mexico and then no one picking him up!) There are so many red flags here

so glad his friends got together, though, to be there for him (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 42 - [spoilers removed]"

so (view spoiler)[ I'm getting a little nervous about Noah and Kyle. I mean, I want them to be good people
but they are pretty involved with this family and this case
Noah is Tommy's real father?
and Kyle threw the party? and Noah is a politician with pardon power? I'm really hoping they aren't involved in any of this....

and I like the idea of Charlotte hiding out in Mexico....IF it's true... (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha]

Kelly wrote: "Chapter 61 - [spoilers removed]."

Ugh(view spoiler)[ I knew it! I just knew they were a little too helpful, a little too involved.....and honestly, who has a wake at their house when they aren't family?!?! awful. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha]

Alaina wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Chapter 61 - [spoilers removed]
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Finished - 5 stars without a doubt."


Comment @ Ch 64, OMG getting everyone's POV made me so sad."

oh god, I'm scared to keep reading :*(

[Trisha]

That. Was. SO. Good! I loved it!

(view spoiler)[ Gross that it was Noah. He was just.....powerful and taking anything he wanted. I'm so glad Olivia lied to him about Tommy - think of what he would have done if it HAD he'd known.

and I love that they had patched things up Evan and Liv, before they were killed

and so so glad that Danny was out at the end and hanging with Matt. (hide spoiler)]

oh (view spoiler)[ and super love Keller at the end....getting that hitman! LOL she was great!, (hide spoiler)]