e-Audio, 11:31:58
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Release Date: November 26, 2024
Published by: Books on Tape (Delacorte)
Read from: November 13-15, 2024
Stand-alone
Source: PRH Audio App (I received an e-ALC from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Toxic Relationship, Cheating, Death, Domestic Violence
For Readers Interested In: Thrillers, YA, Romance, Multiple POVJohn Tucker Must Die meets A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in this tongue-in-cheek mystery about three feuding exes of a social media prank star who are forced to work together to uncover the truth behind his death when his deactivated account resurfaces online with claims that one of them killed him.
Kiara, Priscilla, and Nevaeh have nothing in common—except they just found out that they’re all dating Tommy Harding, the internet’s most famous teen prank star.
KIARA is the girlfriend who the cameras know and love, the academic star who Tommy parades around in public to keep his image in check.
PRISCILLA is Tommy’s co-star. As a beauty influencer and an accomplice to Tommy’s notorious antics, she’s always known that the two of them could be the Internet’s power couple—if only he would confess to his girlfriend what really goes on during their ‘rehearsals’.
And NEVAEH is the good girl, the pastor’s daughter who’d never dream of dating a boy who’s already taken.
When a viral post from Tommy’s social media account exposes his cheating ways during their high school class trip to Florida’s biggest theme park, the girls are crushed—and furious. Tommy claims his account was hacked. Now, Kiara, Priscilla, and Nevaeh want him out of their lives. Forever. After all, Tommy doesn’t just hold their hearts—he holds their secrets, too.
But when Tommy’s body is found the next morning, their so-called wish becomes a twisted reality. Because Tommy may be gone, but the internet is forever. And the girls are about to go from strangers to suspects….
*MY THOUGHTS*
Seeing that this one had something to do with social media was the final thing I needed to know to know that I had to start this thing immediately. I skipped over all my ARCs and e-ARCs that were due on 11/19 because I had to know what happened here. And I’m so glad I did lol (Sounds like a cliche yeah, but I’m so for real)
Ok so the characters in this were what made it. I HATED EVERYONE. Not only the person you’re supposed to hate, but the other people too. None of them had any sense. They were all very much idiots lol I hate to be a name caller, but I’m being so for real. All those red flags and every person ignored all of them. I do understand that they were scared in some instances, but they way they were talking about this person, there is no reason they all should have been so scared of him. He was basically just as shitty as they were.
Now the mystery/thriller part was just ok. It took FOREVER for that person to die and to move on with the mystery. I want to say it was because of all of the different POVs, but whatever it was, it was annoying. At one point I was thinking “maybe it’s THIS” chapter. I was annoyed and starting to get bored. And then it finally happened. And the only reason I didn’t DNF it was because once things started happening, it was like a mad dash to the end. And I usually hate when that happens, but this they were proving themselves, so I was ok with it.
The ending wasn’t great either. I knew who did it as soon as they were introduced. I rolled my eyes the minute they started talking. And that annoyed me because it was so far from the end. It was so stupid because it took forever for that person to die but then it was like barely any time in-between to find who did it. If you pay attention you’ll know right away and the rest of the book will just be long. I spent the rest of the time wondering how they were going to show that they were going to get themselves out of this.
This didn’t come without issues, but it was still so good. I liked the writing style and I liked the premise as someone who likes social media in books lol I find it fascinating watching people who are addicted to social media. If this isn’t something you care for, go in with a warning that this might annoy you lol Basically, this comes with a bunch of warnings, but if it sounds like something you might enjoy, go for it.
Overall, I give this
