e-Audio, 08:21:53
Narrated by: Reba Buhr
Release Date: November 19, 2024
Published by: HarperCollins
Read from: November 24-25, 2024
Stand-alone
Source: LibroFM (I received a copy of this e-ALC from LibroFM and the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Car Accident, Violence
For Readers Interested In: YA, Mystery, Realistic FictionThe twisty, intricate mystery of I Killed Zoe Spanos meets the whip-smart sleuthing of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in the newest novel from acclaimed author Faith Gardner, in which a club of misfits must come together to solve a dangerous mystery—and learn to lean on each other all the while.
Posey Spade loves asking questions—it’s what’s going to make her a fantastic journalist someday. And ever since her best friend and crush chose someone else, Posey’s only focusing on her future career.
Unfortunately, she’s just moved to the small town of Wild Pines—which doesn’t provide a lot of groundbreaking journalism opportunities, only a scrappy AV Club full of self-proclaimed slackers . . . who Posey must somehow inspire to greatness.
She never thought that inspiration would come from the disappearance of the club’s beloved sponsor and teacher, Ms. Moses. But as the days tick by with no answers, Posey and the AV Club take it upon themselves to dig into the mystery.
From a nepotism scandal to a local cult, Posey learns a lot about her new town. And as she spends more time with the AV Club, she also learns that friendship is just as necessary to solving a mystery as lots of questions. Good thing Posey has both.
*MY THOUGHTS*
This was a really weird one too. For it to be a mystery, it started off really weird. It took forever to get going. She was trying to be a journalist which meant she was following the case, but I think it would have made it infintely more exciting if she was trying to be a detective.
Ok so for one, I think the biggest thing in the book was the mystery. It was……in short….. not good. And not because of the way it ended. Well kind of. It’s never really explained. And when it is, its done in a mass info dump setting. I hate when authors do this. I usually miss a detail that way. And the person that “did it” was terrible. (If you want spoilers, message me) Idk what made them end this like this.
The characters were all quirky which I did love. I very much wanted to see the two of them find love, but I also really didn’t understand why it was in the book in the first place. It didn’t actually need it. They could have been friends and left it at that. But I understand that there needed to be some filler, but I’m just saying it could have gone a lot of different ways instead.
The plot of this was dumb tho. I don’t actually like books with teacher plots. They always reveal some weird thing about the teacher and the student. And although this one doesn’t have it, she did make some weird questionable choices. I don’t really get why she did these things and didn’t actually make a big deal about it. I’m sorry, its 2024… She had to know that this was something that could get her in trouble.
I’m a little disappointed because I was assuming this was going to be like Truly Devious. But it wasn’t. Yeah she was awkward af, but that was it. I hate when these comparisons give me something to get excited for and then it doesn’t deliver. This is not something I normally would have dropped everything for at all. It was too innocent for this coolness that is this cover. I DID like the use of the podcast and social media tho. I know people hate it and say it dates the book, but I love it. I guess because teens actually do this. They really are out here trying to make it big via a podcast.
Overall, I give this
