The Scary Reviews

Genre: Thriller
Length: 432 Pages
Publisher: Del Ray
Release date: October 3, 2023
Synopsis:

The lore and legends around the underground game known as Rabbits gain new dimensions in this twisty tale set in the world of the hit Rabbits podcast.

After nearly winning the eleventh iteration of Rabbits, the mysterious alternate reality game so vast it uses the entire world as its canvas, Emily Connors suddenly finds herself trapped in a dimensional stream where the game does not exist. At all. Except . . . why do sinister figures show up to stop her every time she goes looking? Does Rabbits truly not exist, or is it being hidden? And if it’s being hidden, why—and by whom?

Meanwhile, architect and theme park designer Rowan Chess is having the weirdest month of his life, full of odd coincidences and people who appear one moment and vanish the next, with no trace they ever even existed. The game that is hiding from Emily seems to have found Rowan—with a vengeance.

But only when Rowan and Emily meet do things start to get dangerous, for together they uncover a conspiracy far deeper and deadlier than either of them expected—one that could forever change the nature not only of the game, but of reality itself.

Review copy provided in exchange for an honest review

When NetGalley gave me the opportunity to read The Quite Room I snapped up my ARC without a second thought. In The Quiet Room we meet our protagonist Emily who I hardly remembered from Rabbits. Admittedly, it has been a while since reading Rabbits, but this didn’t take away from my enjoyment. Emily drifts into another dimension only to find it has been severed from the multiverse. The Quiet Room plunges deeper into the mystery of the underground game known as Rabbits with numerous clues and coincidences.

This sequel races forward at a nonstop speed and had me on the edge of my seat until the last page. I loved the shifting perspective between Emily and Rowan. For me this added to the multiple layers and complexity of this ever expanding world. The Quite Room was also a heck of a mystery that did not disappoint this reader. Many questions were answered about the game and the design. At the same time, I was left with new ones. The world was greatly filled in with all of the backstory and history of The Engineer and Emily’s parent’s connection to the game. I’m quite sure the ending provided a new jump point for yet another installment of Rabbits. I can only cross my fingers and hope.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced review copy.

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