Stranded by Sarah Goodwin

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When Maddy signs up for a new reality show which will sequester her and seven others on a remote island off the coast of Scotland for a year to build their own mini society after the fictional "end of the world," she's excited. Her parents, who had kept her semi-isolated throughout her life, have recently died and she's looking to get away for awhile. At first, things go well amongst the group of four men and four women; But soon, things take a dark turn and discord rules amongst the group. And things are sure to get deadly, quickly. The question is: who is going to make it off the island alive? And when?

This book was amazingly suspense-filled, since the author not only tells us the story of the ill-fated reality show and what happens while on the island, but mixes it with Maddy's story of arriving back on the mainland in the prologue and of her giving a daytime television interview about her experience. So we know through these chapters fairly early on some key things: Maddy survives, but things go terribly, terribly wrong to the point that not everyone does. Talk about suspense.

And the linear main story chapters don't disappoint either. There's a lot of tense moments and there's a lot of time where you're just waiting for the other show to drop. And there were times I just couldn't put the book down because I had to know how something turned out. It was like slowly watching a season of Survivor go desperately, terribly, wrong.

Also, be prepared to feel the whole range of emotions from this one - frustration, anger, joy, pity, everything. I really went through 'em all. That's a sign of some good writing. that I felt all of those things in one book.

Overall, this was just a great read that I throughly enjoyed. Lovers of suspense will devour this book.

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