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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
This is the first book I've read by Jessica Goodman but it won't be my last. This is an amazing YA thriller, which reminds me like One of Us Is Lying with morally grey characters who each have their own secrets. This is fast paced with multiple POV's from all the girls and dual timelines keeping you on the edge of your seat. I read this is one sitting I couldn't put it down, from all the twists and turns and great storyline. I highly recommend this.
I wasn’t quite sure I would like this book when I read the description because I am not usually one for stories on the 1% BUT a few pages in, I was hooked!!
One of my absolute favorite things in a novel is a dual perspective. In The Legacies, we have perspective from three different girls who attend a prestigious academy; Bernie, who was born with the silver spoon, Isobel, who is slightly less affluent but still very much so wealthy, and Tori, our scholarship student thrust into the life of the one percent. With the perspectives of the three girls plus a side narration about the night of the ball, this story really keeps you guessing until the very end.
I enjoyed delving into a different classes of society, more than I expected. The references were spot on (of course I had to look some of them up), and without spoiling anything, I found the attitude of the upper class right about on par with what I assume it to be.
I highly recommend reading this if you are into mystery, intrigue, a little suspense, and a killer novel.
One of my absolute favorite things in a novel is a dual perspective. In The Legacies, we have perspective from three different girls who attend a prestigious academy; Bernie, who was born with the silver spoon, Isobel, who is slightly less affluent but still very much so wealthy, and Tori, our scholarship student thrust into the life of the one percent. With the perspectives of the three girls plus a side narration about the night of the ball, this story really keeps you guessing until the very end.
I enjoyed delving into a different classes of society, more than I expected. The references were spot on (of course I had to look some of them up), and without spoiling anything, I found the attitude of the upper class right about on par with what I assume it to be.
I highly recommend reading this if you are into mystery, intrigue, a little suspense, and a killer novel.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have really been getting good luck with the past few thrillers I have read. The mystery, the intrigue, the deception. SO GOOD.
fast-paced
fast-paced
First finished book of 2024 and I just really hope the rest of my reading journey this year is as good. I INHALED this book. Couldn’t put it down. Couldn’t stop thinking about. I hated every character in the best way. Will absolutely be picking up more Jessica Goodman.
More dark academia in East Coast prep schools with Jessica Goodman.
Wealth, influence, legacy. A missing mother, an early summer party that led to secrets and divided loyalties. An outsider, somehow with a spot among the elite.
There are a lot of things going for this book. The look into a privileged society, generations of opportunities and legacies. School traditions, and the coveted induction to the Legacy Club. An unknown dead body discovered on the night that was supposed to change their lives forever.
Told from the point of view of three girls: BERNIE - the it girl. The one everyone knows, destined to follow in her mother's powerful footsteps. The one whose life is all together, everything in place. Until her mother disappears, just when she needs her the most.
ISOBEL - Bernie's best friend. Or at least, she was, until the party. Now Isobel doesn't know how to act around Bernie, now that she's keeping something from her. She drowns her uncertainty with pills and alcohol.
TORI - the scholarship student who shouldn't be there. Who no one noticed, until suddenly she was nominated to be one of them.
Everyone has secrets and a story to tell. Can they make it through the week without their lives imploding irrevocably? If they even make it through the week alive.
There were a lot of things I really liked about this story. However, the characters fell a little flat. Their personalities didn't manage to shine through, and really make me connect with them. The plot kept me involved and got me through.
There are a lot of things going for this book. The look into a privileged society, generations of opportunities and legacies. School traditions, and the coveted induction to the Legacy Club. An unknown dead body discovered on the night that was supposed to change their lives forever.
Told from the point of view of three girls: BERNIE - the it girl. The one everyone knows, destined to follow in her mother's powerful footsteps. The one whose life is all together, everything in place. Until her mother disappears, just when she needs her the most.
ISOBEL - Bernie's best friend. Or at least, she was, until the party. Now Isobel doesn't know how to act around Bernie, now that she's keeping something from her. She drowns her uncertainty with pills and alcohol.
TORI - the scholarship student who shouldn't be there. Who no one noticed, until suddenly she was nominated to be one of them.
Everyone has secrets and a story to tell. Can they make it through the week without their lives imploding irrevocably? If they even make it through the week alive.
There were a lot of things I really liked about this story. However, the characters fell a little flat. Their personalities didn't manage to shine through, and really make me connect with them. The plot kept me involved and got me through.
dark
mysterious
tense