The Drift

I just finished the Drift by C J Tudor and here are my thoughts.

Hannah wakes to find the coach she was in has crashed during a blizzard. They were all fleeing their private school. The problem is someone is infected with a virus sweeping the world and a bunch of already dead bodies.
No one wants their secrets laid bare but they will have to work together to find a way out or die trying.

A former detective, Meg wakes to find herself on a stranded cable car with zero memory of how she got there. They were all heading for the retreat but that was all they remember. They don't have food or water and one someone ends up dead, Meg finds herself having no suspects but suspecting everyone.

Carter works providing vaccines against the virus, in a chalet with others who ended up there. Soon the dead bodies start piling up and when the generator starts to fail, what they were keeping out may now be able to get in and no one is safe.

What do these people all have in common? The threat lurking is more dangerous than anyone can comprehend.

I will admit, the beginning of the book was a bit confusing. Trying to figure out whose POV was who and what was going on... Took me a while to get into the swing but once I did..... WOWWWWWW.

The settings were clever considering they were all self contained little stories. I always find when I read multiple POV that I will always gravitate to one POV more but that didn't happen here. I was equally invested in how they ended up where they did, who they all were and what was going to happen.

There was a lot going on, a lot of mystery and intrigue that kept me clinging on until the very end. I seriously had no idea what was going to happen at any point. I loved that. I usually figure books out but not this one. It kept me on my toes and the writing was lucid and shockingly brilliant.

The plot was really well constructed and I loved the idea of a virus that didn't create a zombie but something different. It felt unique and original with some really clever mystery undertones. The author is a master of her craft!

I loved the ending! The only downside to the book was just the confusion I had at the beginning but that was just me I think! If you love a little mystery and dystopian vibes in your general fiction then this has to be your next book.

4.5 stars. So glad @netgalley gifted me a copy of this book and thank you to @penguinrandomhouseca for this opportunity.