Review: The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss

The Escape Game by 

Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss

Blurb from Goodreads:

It’s all fun and games until someone ends up dead.

Six months ago, season four of The Escape Game ended in horror when contestant Alicia Angelos was found murdered on set.

Now season five is underway, and new contestants are ready to put their skills to the test solving the show's trickiest escape rooms. There's Adi, the cryptographer; Carter, the math whiz; Beck, the wannabe game master, and . . . Sierra Angelos, the girl who got away with her sister’s murder. Or so everyone believes.

But Sierra’s not just here to win. She’s here for justice.

When the contestants begin uncovering clues that hint at the identity of Alicia’s true killer, it becomes clear that the stakes aren’t high in this competition, they’re deadly. If these teens want to win—and survive—the game, they must solve the biggest mystery of who killed Alicia Angelos?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer and rising star Tamara Moss comes a twisty thrill-ride, filled with sabotage, betrayal, and puzzles to die for.

 I enjoy escape rooms but this felt a bit disjointed to me.  The mystery was ok but I found the premise a bit farfetched.  I wish characters were explored more rather than there being so many characters.  Still, definitely an interesting YA mystery!  Give it a try!

The Escape Game comes out next week on April 7, 2026 and you can purchase HERE.  

The girl sits as still as a mannequin, her hands clutched in her lap. To her right: an old-school chalkboard covered in mathematical equations—algebra and geometry-and pi written out to far too many digits. To her left: bookshelves displaying pyramids of textbooks; a pastel-colored Rubik's cube; a large stuffed snail; and a gallery of framed prints showing the center of a sunflower, a nautilus seashell, a pineapple. Everything is illuminated by fairy lights.