Week 19 Reviews: I Killed Zoe Spanos

From Goodreads:
For fans of Sadie and Serial, this gripping thriller follows two teens whose lives become inextricably linked when one confesses to murder and the other becomes determined to uncover the real truth no matter the cost.

What happened to Zoe won't stay buried…

When Anna Cicconi arrives to the small Hamptons village of Herron Mills for a summer nanny gig, she has high hopes for a fresh start. What she finds instead is a community on edge after the disappearance of Zoe Spanos, a local girl who has been missing since New Year's Eve. Anna bears an eerie resemblance to Zoe, and her mere presence in town stirs up still-raw feelings about the unsolved case. As Anna delves deeper into the mystery, stepping further and further into Zoe's life, she becomes increasingly convinced that she and Zoe are connected—and that she knows what happened to her.

Two months later, Zoe's body is found in a nearby lake, and Anna is charged with manslaughter. But Anna's confession is riddled with holes, and Martina Green, teen host of the Missing Zoe podcast, isn't satisfied. Did Anna really kill Zoe? And if not, can Martina's podcast uncover the truth?

Inspired by Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, Kit Frick weaves a thrilling story of psychological suspense that twists and turns until the final page. 

My Review:
This was a really fantastic read! That we had the beginning with the confession, and then went into the past for the summer just before, and then sometimes would get the present, it was a great way of telling this story! I had such a great time reading it! 

Anna was a really great character! Though the idea of being a nanny scares the crap out of me-the anxiety of taking care of another person's child, being responsibility, of what could go wrong, that had me on the edge basically the whole book. She's made some poor decisions in the past, but she's determined to make better choices now. But oh, does she have something up with her memory! 

The main mystery is what happened to Zoe. We know she's dead because her body was found, but not until the end of the summer, which is almost the end of the story. I loved how when we caught up to the confession, we switched perspectives, and see Anna from an outsider's view, as well as continue the investigation.

Man, the twists and turns in this book! There was a trail of breadcrumbs of one part of the mystery that didn't mean anything at the time until they did, and they successfully mudded the waters. That ending was really shocking and I loved it! 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to read more by Kit Frick! 

Author: Kit Frick
Read: May 8th, 2023
Source: Bought/NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: June 2nd 2020

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars