When I was 12-years-old, I discovered onto Habbo Hotel. I want to talk about my own experience with meeting people online for a minute. Risk was one of the first things I thought about when I woke up, and I immediately messaged my friend who told me to read it to talk to her about it. I finished it at 3am, and couldn’t stop thinking about it. I flew through this book, but I know it’s one I’m going to go back and visit time and time again. It was so captivating, so thought-provoking, so chilling to the bone. Now it’s an anxious game of waiting: did Sierra run away? Did Sierra get abducted? Is Sierra dead somewhere? I’m not going to ruin it for you. Taylor thought it was finally time to tell someone. Sierra asks Taylor to cover for her while she goes to meet him for the first time. She kisses Taylor’s crush and then decides the guy that they both meet online is “the one”. Taylor is fed up with her best friend Sierra. The things that happen in Risk could honestly happen to anyone, and that is chilling. Picking it up last night was probably one of the best decisions I’ve made this month. My friend has been pushing me for almost a year to read it, and I kept on saying “next book” or “next month”. I picked up Risk last night after having it sit on my shelf for so long. Published: 1st July, 2015 by Random House
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