[1] Drew works at Pete's Pizza with Kayla Cutler and receives a phone call from a customer named John Robertson.

Wendy Schmalz, for Publishers Weekly, was particularly effusive, stating "it's a riveting story that many readers will finish in one sitting", finding that "each chapter is a surprise, and the tension builds steadily until the inevitable climactic face-off.

"[4] Traci Glass, for School Library Journal, called the novel a "fast-paced, gripping thriller" and that "fans of intense page-turners and those who liked Michele Jaffe's Rosebush or Lucy Christopher's Stolen will love this one."

Tempering this a little, Glass also found that "the ending comes a little too fast and is too neatly tied up", though does find that, despite this, "Gabie is an intriguing protagonist.

"[5] Kirkus Reviews offered a more critical viewpoint, stating that they found that the way the novel is written, including various police reports and interviews and varying character view-points, to "add interest and texture to what otherwise would be a straight genre tale".