I fell in love with The Agathas
from page one because I loved the two main characters, Alice and Iris. I’m a
sucker for books where two people who seem to have nothing in common find
themselves thrown together out of necessity – in this case, to solve a mystery.
I also love mysteries, and the
one at the center of this book was so well done that I had trouble putting the
book down when it was time to go to sleep.
I loved the characters and the
story so much that when I got to the end, I had to go back and re-read the
last few chapters, just so I didn’t have to say goodbye to Alice and Iris.
The most popular girl in school is dead. And everyone's blaming the wrong guy.
After falling from grace last summer, Agatha Christie-obsessed Alice Ogilvie needs to stay out of trouble. While smart and reclusive Iris Adams just wants to get the hell out of Castle Cove.
But now they have a murder to solve. There are clues the police are ignoring, a list of suspects a mile long and some very dangerous cliffs.
Amateur detectives Alice and Iris are about to uncover just how many secrets their sleepy seaside town is…
I
picked this book up because I’d read and loved other books by Julie Buxbaum and was looking for a book I’d fall in love with. And boom! From page one, when
Chloe opens her front door expecting an Amazon package but finds instead a
phalanx of armed FBI agents, I am completely engaged.
I
also loved the depth of the story and the twists it takes, unfolding into an
exploration of privilege, parental love, and what it means to trust your child.
Chloe, her parents, her brilliant sister, and her best friend are all richly
drawn and complex characters.
Although this story of a privileged young woman
and her family caught up in a college admission bribery scandal could have
clear villains, it doesn’t, and that was probably what I loved most.
Lie. Cheat. Bribe. How far would you go to get into your dream school? How far would your parents go? Inspired by the recent college admissions scandal, this ripped-from-the-headlines YA novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things sees one teenage girl's privileged world shatter when her family's lies are exposed.
It's good to be Chloe Wynn Berringer--she has it all--money, privilege, and a ticket to the college of her dreams. Or at least she did until the FBI came knocking on her front door, guns at the ready, and her future went up in…
I
bought this book because I’m a huge fan of Jenna Evans Welch, having devoured
her Love & series.
I
fell in love immediately with the two main characters, Willow and Mason. I adore stories told from two points of view (which is why I wrote one),
and the two characters’ voices and stories are so different from each other and
so compelling that I was completely hooked.
Mason’s
story is a hard one: he’s in foster care because of his mom’s addiction, and
all he wants to do is find her and be with her. As a reader, I could see what a terrible idea this was, but Mason, of course, can’t. The slowly unfolding
relationship between Willow and Mason is also beautifully rendered and so
sweet.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato comes a poignant and “beguiling” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel about two teens trying to find their place in the world after being unceremoniously dragged to Salem, Massachusetts, for the summer.
Willow has never felt like she belonged anywhere and is convinced that the only way to find a true home is to travel the world. But her plans to act on her dream are put on hold when her aloof and often absent mother drags Willow to Salem, Massachusetts, to wrap up the affairs of an aunt Willow…
Samantha Goldstein and David Fisher have been friends ever since they met on their town's Little League baseball team. But when a new kid named Luke starts hanging out with them, what was a comfortable pair becomes an awkward trio. Luke's comments make Sammie feel uncomfortable.
All David sees is how easily Luke flirts with Sammie, and so David decides to finally make a move on the friend he's always had a crush on.
Soon, things go all wrong and too far, and Sammie and David are both left feeling hurt, confused, and unsure of themselves, without anyone to talk to about what happened.
