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The members of the Coastal Canyon debate team have their reasons to hate each other: complicated pasts, thornier presents, a huge competition loss . . . Now they’re stuck at an Airbnb together for a night during what feels like the storm of the century. Can it get any worse?

Yes. Yes, it can.

A flat tire, a severed landline, someone’s unconscious, and there’s a body outside. The night is unraveling, and it’s becoming clear: No one is safe. But safe from who? A teammate? A teacher? Or is a stranger lurking in the woods?

Seven students.
Three teachers.
One body.
Lock all the doors and trust no one.

After all, death isn’t up for debate.

Short and Sweet Review

The Coastal Canyon debate team already has plenty of reasons to hate each other before they even arrive at the Airbnb. After a huge competition loss, seven students and three teachers are stuck together for the night when a massive storm rolls in. Then things start going wrong. A flat tire, a severed landline, someone unconscious, and a body outside quickly turn their uncomfortable night into a fight for survival. With no way to call for help and everyone carrying their own secrets, they have no idea who they can trust or whether the person they’re afraid of is already inside the house.

I thought this was a fun YA thriller for the most part. The isolated Airbnb, huge storm, no cell service, and growing paranoia gave it exactly the kind of atmosphere I was looking for. I liked the slasher aspect the most because once things started happening, I was constantly wondering who was going to be next and who could actually be trusted. The countdown style timestamps and cliffhangers also made this really easy to read in one sitting. The multiple POVs were a little harder for me to get into at first. There are seven different teenagers, and everyone has their own secrets, drama, and reasons to be suspicious, so it took me a while to keep everyone straight. Once I got their personalities down, though, I actually enjoyed the constant switching because every chapter seemed to make me suspicious of someone different. I also liked that the characters came into the house already dealing with old grudges, complicated friendships, and other baggage. It made it believable that everyone was suspicious of each other once things started going wrong. My biggest issue was the characterization. A lot of the teenagers felt more like familiar YA stereotypes than fully developed characters, and I had a hard time really connecting with most of them. There were definitely characters I found more interesting than others, but overall I wanted more depth from the group. Sometimes it also felt like the drama between the characters took attention away from the actual mystery, especially when I was more interested in figuring out who was responsible and what was really happening. And then there was the ending. I had a couple of theories about where everything was going, and while I didn’t necessarily need to be right, the final reveals just didn’t completely work for me. There were so many twists packed into the last part of the book that it started to feel more chaotic than shocking. Every time I thought I understood what had happened, another reveal was thrown in, and eventually I was more confused than surprised. I can appreciate a book trying to surprise me, but I think the ending would have worked better if it had slowed down and given some of the reveals more room to land.

Overall, We’re All Going to Die Tonight was an entertaining but uneven thriller. I loved the creepy Airbnb setting, the storm, the slasher elements, and the constant questioning of who could be trusted. The multiple POVs and some of the characters took a little getting used to, and the final stretch had more twists than I really needed. Still, I wasn’t bored, and I had enough fun with the mystery to keep turning the pages. If you enjoy YA thrillers with isolated settings, messy friend groups, secrets, and plenty of twists, this one is worth checking out.