{"id":6078,"date":"2026-04-15T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=6078"},"modified":"2026-04-15T05:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:05:00","slug":"the-anniversary-by-alex-finlay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=6078","title":{"rendered":"The Anniversary by Alex Finlay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Anniversary<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/authors\/alex-finlay\/\">Alex Finlay<\/a> <br \/>on May 12, 2026 <br \/><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-thrillers-psychological\/\">Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Psychological<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-thrillers-suspense\/\">Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Suspense<\/a> <br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 320 <br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/formats\/arc\/\">ARC<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Op2sSP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy on Amazon<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8182825428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If you\u2019re looking for a thriller that slowly tightens its grip until you can\u2019t look away, <em>The Anniversary<\/em> delivers exactly that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Centered around the chilling legend of the May Day Killer\u2014a serial predator who strikes every May 1st\u2014this story follows two teens, Quinn and Jules, whose lives collide in high school and remain intertwined for years. What starts as a traumatic night in 1992 evolves into a decade-spanning mystery that revisits the same haunting date over and over, building tension with each return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This is one of those books that <em>builds<\/em>. The suspense creeps up on you\u2014the tension, the anxiety, the constant sense that something isn\u2019t quite right. I kept wondering how this killer could go uncaught for so long, and that question alone kept me turning pages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">What really made the story work for me was the characters. None of them are perfect, and they don\u2019t always make the best decisions\u2014but that\u2019s exactly what makes them feel real. I found myself especially invested in the survivors of the May Day Killer. Watching their stories unfold, I couldn\u2019t help but root for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And then there\u2019s the mystery itself. I thought I had it figured out\u2026 multiple times. Each time, I changed my mind. The twists kept coming, and just when I felt confident, the story pulled the rug out from under me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">By the end, I was fully immersed\u2014completely wrapped up in the characters and desperate to see how everything would come together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> (4 stars) \u2014 A gripping, twisty thriller that keeps you guessing and pulls you deep into its world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ubb-final-rating\"><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/the-anniversary-by-alex-finlay\/\">The Anniversary by Alex Finlay<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/\">Book Nook Buzz<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anniversary by Alex Finlay on May 12, 2026 Genres: Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Psychological, Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Suspense Pages: 320 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads If you\u2019re looking for a thriller that slowly tightens its grip until you can\u2019t look away, The Anniversary delivers exactly that. Centered around the chilling legend of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}