Language: R (100+ swears, 100+ ‘f’); Mature Content: PG-13 (sex mentioned, drug use mentioned; Violence: PG-13 (dead bodies, strangulation mentioned, serial killer murder)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Cecilia’s mom recently passed away and now she is moving into her grandmother’s house. Her grandmother, Maura, happens to be a famous author and lives in a large home with four floors. Maura has brought fame to the town after writing a fictionalized book about the murder of a classmate that occurred during homecoming, when she was in high school. Maura continues to write mysteries and her fandom holds yearly conventions in town. Cecilia makes friends and ends up on the sidelines of their drama then she finds the body of another homecoming murder victim and it’s eerily similar to the murder all those years ago. She throws herself into trying to discover the killer as a way to distract herself from losing her mother. She ends up in the middle of trouble and has to fight for her life.
The swearing was too much. The main character, Cecilia, is wishy washy with her new friends. She expects them to immediately divulge their secrets to her because she wants to know but she’s completely disregarding their rights to privacy and gets upset if they ask her questions about her life. I was enthralled by the two mysteries, past and present, and wanted Cecilia to expose the twisted actions of the townspeople.
LynnDell Watson, Delta High School
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