as most jessica goodman books go, they are very bingeable and addicting - but overall, not much to write home about 🫠

for YA thrillers, I’m always looking for the next pretty little liars & I fear nothing can live up to that hype I felt in middle school reading those 🤠 BUT private boarding schools are the perfect place for a murder mystery!

I loved the back and forth mystery between roommate amy and school newspaper editor liz who team up to solve the murder of amy’s roommates, ryan and sarah. while the pacing was quick, I didn’t really feel the urgency and felt there were way too many red herrings that were never really explained at all 🤔

the whodunnit itself was fairly obvious to me - I guessed it almost immediately - and the lead up to it could have used a bit more hidden clues rather than plain sight … I mean, the perp clearly throws a victim’s phone at the wall to hide evidence and everyone is like oh he must have anger issues? very odd

a big thank you to netgalley and razorbill for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

rating: 2.5 stars
wine pairing: woodbridge zinfandel