Review: The Good Girls - Claire Elizabeth Bartlett

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Review: The Good Girls - Claire Elizabeth Bartlett - December 2020


The cover of this book and the tagline got me and so when I began to read it, it started well as it starts with a supposed dead girl aka Emma. She was pushed off the bridge at a popular spot where two years earlier another girl died aka Lizzy. The prime suspect, in this case, is a bit of a cliche but they look at Claude Vanderley who is known as the residential troublemaker. As the book gets on they also interview Avery Cross who is the Captain of the cheerleading squad and Emma's friend and Gwen- who is Lizzy's younger sister and Emma's competitor for the scholarship prize. As the book goes along, we can tell this is a case of the Breakfast Club meets One of Us is Lying with an all-female cast. Who killed Emma or is there a bigger story at play when another dead body and a strange blog turns up with clues that could lead to Emma's disappearance without a body - it can't be murder right? This was quite a slower-paced YA thriller and touches on topics like strict parents, overachievers, drugs, the #meetoo movement, and secret romances as one of the characters is a lesbian. I found this book an average read and it does make me wonder whether I am getting too old to read YA thrillers now as they all seem to blend into one another and this one even had a bit of a Dare Me by Megan Abbott feel to the book.  This is aimed at I would say 14-16 years old, those tween to teen girls who are just starting to get their feet wet with thrillers and romantic suspense stories with a bit of edge. Fans of Karen McManus, Sara Shepard, and Holly Jackson will love The Good Girls by Claire Elizabeth Bartlett.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ReUCZ8




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