The troublemaker. The overachiever. The cheer captain. The dead girl.
Like every high school in America, Jefferson-Lorne High contains all of the above.
After the shocking murder of senior Emma Baines, three of her classmates are at the top of the suspect list: Claude, the notorious partier; Avery, the head cheerleader; and Gwen, the would-be valedictorian.
Everyone has a label, whether they like it or not--and Emma was always known as a good girl. But appearances are never what they seem. And the truth behind what really happened to Emma may just be lying in plain sight. As long-buried secrets come to light, the clock is ticking to find Emma's killer--before another good girl goes down.
My Review:
This was such a fantastic read! It was a great slow burn mystery, that delved into the labels that we give people, but how nobody is just one thing, and oh, I loved watching these characters as the investigation was undertaken!
All these girls had their labels. And while some of them were accurate, some were not. And even if they were accurate, just because, for example, you're a cheer captain, that doesn't mean that everything in your life revolves around cheerleading, it's just an important part. So I really enjoyed that conversation!
The case of Emma's death was a really interesting one, because she was just presumed missing at the beginning, but these girls quickly became suspects in whatever went on. Getting to know these girls while following the case was so entertaining!
Throughout, we would get Emma's journal of the year before her death, investigating the death of another girl who died where Emma would. So that was really interesting, seeing how things were connecting, and figuring out what was going on! And oh, the reveal was so great!
Yeah, this was a really fantastic book, and I had a really great time reading it!
Author: Claire Eliza Bartlett
Read: May 22nd, 2021
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2021 Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: December 1st 2020
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