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katereadingthroughinfinity's review
3.0
3.5 stars
Easy Prey is a YA high school mystery about Jenna, Mouse, and Drew, three teens who must work on a law project together. But as they work on their project they begin a dangerous endeavour of catfishing all the while dealing with their own issues; Jenna is trying to find out who leaked nude photos of her the previous year, Mouse is trying to get into MIT, and Drew is trying to get back his basketball skills. I was pleasantly surprised by this book, with it's morally grey main characters and thickening plot. The pacing is good and the mystery deepens as each new piece of information is revealed. We're never quite meant to fully like Jenna, Mouse, and Drew and their actions serve as a criticism of catfishing and victim-blaming. The twist in the final third of the book took this from a good book to a great one.
Easy Prey is a YA high school mystery about Jenna, Mouse, and Drew, three teens who must work on a law project together. But as they work on their project they begin a dangerous endeavour of catfishing all the while dealing with their own issues; Jenna is trying to find out who leaked nude photos of her the previous year, Mouse is trying to get into MIT, and Drew is trying to get back his basketball skills. I was pleasantly surprised by this book, with it's morally grey main characters and thickening plot. The pacing is good and the mystery deepens as each new piece of information is revealed. We're never quite meant to fully like Jenna, Mouse, and Drew and their actions serve as a criticism of catfishing and victim-blaming. The twist in the final third of the book took this from a good book to a great one.
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