LoveReading Says
The prologue to The Hive opens with main character Charlotte Goodwin looking directly at the camera and confessing to killing her ex boyfriend’s new partner and revealing her bleeding body. And all of this is being live streamed on The Hive.
Attached to the Hive’s Instagram story is a poll - Charlotte wants the viewers to decide whether Lincoln Jackson, the famous boxer should live or die.
Now that is an opening to a book and I was hooked.
It's a read-in-one-sitting, on the edge of your seat page-turner.
With a powerful sisterhood by her side, Charlotte struggles through the highs and lows of the social media juggernaut. It's a fascinating, and chilling take on the power of social media and the link between social media and mental health.
Throughout the text is peppered with extracts from The Hive's social media feed and we get to see the reactions of the public to the plot unfurling.
It's fast-paced, fresh and full of feist. Whose side will you be on, #TeamLive or #TeamDie?
Deborah Maclaren
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The Hive Synopsis
Charlotte Goodwin looks directly at the camera and reveals a chilling truth to the thousands watching her Instagram Live broadcast. She has killed her ex-boyfriend's new partner in cold blood. But she is not finished yet. The viewers must now vote to decide whether he should live or die.
The public display sends shockwaves rippling through the online community and the numbers of viewers skyrockets. But as Lincoln's past is revealed, how will he be judged?
The Hive explores our darkest fears of the relationship between social media and mental health, but, most importantly, the strength of sisterhood against all the odds.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781838776787 |
| Publication date: |
25th May 2023 |
| Author: |
Scarlett Brade |
| Publisher: |
Zaffre |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
352 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Thriller and Suspense
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Scarlett Brade Press Reviews
Lively, shocking ... A fresh, modern take on the revenge story -- Alison Flood - The Guardian
Revenge is definitely a dish best served cold in this tense, topical and stylish thriller - TM Logan, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Curfew and The Holiday
A dark, stylish and gripping revenge thriller from an exciting new voice - Cass Green, Sunday Times bestselling author of In a Cottage In a Wood
The opening of this revenge thriller pulls you in and the pacy, high-drama plot keeps you trapped within its pages. An addictive read! - Alice Hunter, author of The Serial Killer's Wife
I inhaled The Hive in one weekend. A gripping page-turner of a revenge thriller that will have you on the edge of your seats until the last page - Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw Man
This bold debut clearly sets out to test the boundaries of loyalty and ask you where your own limits lie -- Sarah Fairbairn - Waltham Forest Echo
Social media and sisterhood - what's not to like? In this toxic tale of revenge it has to be #VoteDie all the way. - Lizzie Fry, author of The Coven
A read-in-one-go revenge thriller. Get it on your summer list - Will Carver, author of Girl 4
A terrific tale of a tortured soul, and just how far they'll go to claw back what they believe is rightfully theirs. I tore through it in twenty-four hours - Robert Scragg, author of the Porter & Styles series
Pacy, original and addictive - Louise Beech
