Covert simultaneously infuriated me, bored me and intrigued me and I'm still not entirely sure how that's possible. At first, the story intrigued me and after the first few chapters, I was hooked. It quickly went downhill from there.The book follows a group of friends who take a trip to a cabin in the woods where they planned on drinking a lot of alcohol and forgetting about society. When the main character, Mackenzie, wakes up to two of the group stabbed to death on the floor, a murder investigation begins that is both boring and predictable. Each character has a motive (that is presented to us in a dull way) but which one could commit murder? The ending was ridiculous, including the explanations for the murders and it overall left me feeling as though I had wasted my time by reading the book. It's fairly safe to say i wouldn't recommend reading this book. I was really rather pleasantly surprised by this story. I enjoyed the intrigue. There were some things I thought should have been more obvious for the main character to ask and discover before she did in reality, but it wasn't a terrible enough violation for me to turn against the story altogether. The characters were pretty well-developed, too. Honestly, I hadn't given this the benefit of the doubt prior to reading it; I started reading it because it was downloaded into my Amazon app and I didn't have another book available. However, I was really glad to have read it.
What do You think about Covert (2000)?
Painful to read for so many reasons. Teenagers on AO3 write better things than this.
—Keykey66
Not particularly well written. Maybe ok for an easy summer read.
—Aaron
Not my favourite book of hers but worth a read
—millertime
