Language: R (30 swears, 12 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
This group of friends is celebrating the end of finals and kicking off their summer with a murder mystery party. Pip takes this challenge as seriously as she takes her schooling and dives in to win – but not all is as it seems.
In this short novella, Jackson gives background for A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Readers gain insight about Pip and her friends and into what led Pip to decide she wanted to look further into the murder of Andie Bell five years before. While a cute story, I don’t think it would have been as fun to read if I didn’t already love Pip.
Pip, Cara, Lauren, Connor, and Ant are all either implicitly or explicitly white. Zach is implied to be at least part Asian, and Pip’s stepdad, Victor, is Nigerian. The mature content rating is for underage drinking, mention of drugs, and innuendo. The violence rating is for mentions of murder.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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