Review - Sadie by Courtney Summers

A missing girl on a journey of revenge and a Serial-like podcast following the clues she's left behind. 

Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. 

But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.

When West McCray—a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America—overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late.

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"I'm going to kill a man.

I'm going to steal the light from his eyes.

I want to watch it go out.

You aren't supposed to answer violence

with more violence but sometimes I think

violence is the only answer."

This book pressed every emotional button in me.

This was my first Courtney Summers book and I have to say, I will have her on my auto-buy from now on. Sadie never failed to hold my attention and it gave me all the feels. At times, the hairs on my arms stood on end as I followed West McCray in his search for Sadie. Other times, my stomach would tie in knots as I went with Sadie in her search to find the man responsible for hurting her sister.

This story is told in two alternating perspectives. One part is a podcast, The Girls, where West McCray tells the story of Sadie and Mattie. He shares his interviews with, not just Sadie's family, but those that Sadie met along the way to finding the one man she wants dead. The other part is told in Sadie's point of view as she travels Colorado in her hunt.

I want to thank Macmillan, Wednesday Books, and Courtney Summers for the advance readers' copy