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The book description didn’t catch my interest but I picked it up after being so impressed with the first book, and so I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy the sequel more than the first. Already looking forward to the next book in the series.

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4.0

this was just plain good.. somehow she has written two books that i have not been able to guess??? i am obsessed!

maddy_sofie's review against another edition

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Currently not my vibe

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3.0

I enjoyed it but I think I liked A good girls guide to murder a little more!

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adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

In an interesting turn of events, I liked this better than the first book. Just by a little bit. I still think the first one is better overall, but that book was primarily entertaining for me, and this one pulled at my heartstrings in a way that the first one didn’t. I loved the focus on Pip’s character and her development away from being “good,” or even knowing what “good” is. I ended up relating to her a lot by the end, which I didn’t expect. I think every woman (or maybe every person) has a scream inside her that’s begging to come out; I know I do at least. I recognized it as soon as she spoke about it. I’ve never been able to fully let that scream out, but it was so satisfying getting to see Pip do it.

I also loved her reconciliation with Nat Da Silva, they have such an interesting relationship and parallels.

Despite all that, this didn’t quite hit 5 stars for me. As cute as Pip and Ravi are, their relationship was a little lukewarm in this. Ravi did have some decent character moments, but most of the time he felt kinda static. I also don’t really get the decisions Pip made with her podcast.

I know her posting the investigation ended up being mostly helpful, but I don’t get why she would post all the information she had about an ongoing investigation, giving the people who did it everything they needed to outwit her? It just doesn’t make sense to me. Also, Charlie Green ended up being pretty obvious as soon as he had that conversation with Pip about justice. I didn’t know what he was getting justice for until later, but I was already suspicious of him so I was like yep, that’s our guy. Speaking of, though, the Child Brunswick plot line was super interesting, I kinda wish it had been introduced earlier.

Overall, I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would, it was a fun and surprisingly heart-pulling read. Oh also, there’s a British version and an American version?? I read the American version for the first book and the British version for this book. Whoops.

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