Title: You’ll Be the Death of Me
Author: Karen M. McManus
Publisher: Penguin
Pub. Date: 02 Dec 2021
Synopsis:
Ivy, Mateo, and Cal were close friends in middle school. They lost contact soon after they entered the doors of high school. They met again on the day they all needed a break from school. They decided to relive ‘The Best Days of Their Life’, which is the day they became friends. However, they didn’t expect that this day they will walk into the middle of a murder scene. Brian “Boney” Mahoney was supposed to be accepting his newly won position of class president, but instead, he was the one laying on the ground.
Book Review:
The story is about teenagers that got themselves into such a mess that slowly they had no idea how to get out of it. They made so many mistakes on their way but without them, there wouldn’t be such a good book by the end. I like that instead of just ignoring what they’d seen and leaving it all for the police, they tried to learn who’s guilty of Boney’s death. One of the reasons for them was that Ivy was the main suspect in this case.
Besides them playing detectives, I love how many subjects this book included like the relationship between an adult and a minor, drugs, school pressure, consequences of revenge, and unequal treatment of people of color. But that wasn’t all. Each of the characters also had their own secrets that turned into a storm between this group of theirs when the truth came out. However, I think that this part was one of the things that made them stronger and finally got them back to being friends.
I was suspecting so many in this book to be a murderer, or just connected to the murder. By the end, even the main characters were on my list of suspects. I was quite surprised when the truth came out, I didn’t even think that this person could be guilty of that, which means the author was successful with the ending of the story.
I’m not sure what to think about the ending. It was quite open so I’m wondering if there’s going to be the second book in the series. The author would need to come up with a new murder or drama to make it work but I would be happy to read it. This book has only 280 pages but it’s very easy to connect with the main characters, which is a major advantage. Overall, I loved the book and I think it might be my favorite book of this author.
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I would like to thank TheWriteReads, Penguin, and Karen M. McManus for providing me with a copy of this great book! I was so happy to take part in this book tour, and I could share my review with you!
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