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Cheerleading Can Be Murder by Carissa Ann Lynch

vsrkive's review against another edition

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4.0



This book was a wonderful surprise.I liked that it had a mystery feel towards it which made it a quick and fun read.

Dakota,MC loves cheer leading and she wants to make the varsity team desperately.But as the tryouts for the positions escalate,mysterious things begin to happen to some of them.
All of the cheerleaders are trying to find who is the person responsible.

Reading this book made me realize how brutal high school could be.*remembering my own high school days*.

The epilogue shocked me when I thought that everything was done and we had our culprit.
Now I am anxious for book 2 in Horror high!!

Readers who love books such as pretty little liars should definitely give this one a chance.

tmedwards's review against another edition

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5.0

Carissa Ann Lynch does it again! This novel was creepy from the start and as I read I felt it building up until the very ending. I cannot wait to get my hands on the next novel. I saw a lot of myself in the main character, Dakota Densford. Her love for cheerleading was intense, and I enjoyed her growth throughout the novel, especially with her relationships (romantic, family-wise, and friend-wise). The characterization was great, but the thing I always enjoy the most from Lynch is her amazing detail. At some scenes it felt like I was actually there experiencing (and smelling...) what the characters are. Can't wait for the next novel in this new series, and will be looking forward to reading more from Lynch in the future!

cinephilegirl_'s review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 cheerleading Varsity murderous stars. I've discover Carissa Ann Lynch with the thriller "Like, follow, kill". And It was a lot better than this one.
This one feel a little too young adult for me. I was specting a bloody messy chaos with cheerleaders and It had some of It but not all that I 've expected.
Dakota was ok but It felt like a Mary sue sometimes. I like It Amanda better.
The nice of It Is that Is fast paced, light reading and short. It didn't drag a lot with unnecesary plot.
Totally entertaining.

apagetoturn's review

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5.0

 My Rating: 5 

If you loved the Flocksdale files as much as I did; You're also going to love this novel. It has a completely different feel to it; it's a lot less dark when it comes to topics and themes found in the book. The feel of it is a lot more young adult than the Flocksdale Files as well, but it didn't annoy me at all like I expected it to when I read other high school books. Carissa doesn't dwell on the annoyance that is high school students, and I really liked that about this book! It's a lot less suspenseful in the sense of girls don't really go disappearing; but instead a steady paced story about girls in high school just struggling to navigate popularity and juggling friendships, relationships, and grades. Then there is the added element of cheer leading tryouts, and at Harrow High... They are the elite. There are only 6 spots and more than 10 girls trying out. It's an intense version of a game of survival & some girls seem willing to kill (literally) to be in that limelight. 

The story is told in alternating POV's... One is Dakota, our main character, and one is labeled "the sociopath". Throughout the course of the book you get one crazy chapter to about 3-5 normal ones. Sometimes the sociopath chapters get few and far in between the other chapters; but they add so much to the mystery of the story. You get a feel for how vindictive this crazy human is, and I thought I had it figured out... Until the very end, and I realized who it was as soon as Dakota did. I had about two people that I figured it could be for certain reasons, and I was completely off base! 

Carissa has a way of explaining a mystery that keeps you from guessing where she's going..... But gives you clues all along the way that you don't catch on to until they've already passed you by. I really enjoy her simple and straight forward style of writing...Just enough detail to set the scene and then move on to the next. She leaves me wanting so much more at the end of her books and I can't wait for the sequel to this one! Another great, entertaining and riveting read! Loved it so much! 

aly36's review

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4.0

This was a fun book to read. A sociopath on the loose, huh? I am not that much into cheerleading but I was curious who the sociopath was/is. I guess you will have to read it to see if you can figure it out. I enjoyed the book. The characters kept me guessing and I liked Dakota.

vondav's review

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5.0

Great Suspense

Coming from the UK, I don't understand the importance of high school girls wanting to be cheerleaders, but you don't need to know to enjoy this book.
Dakota has started high school and like a lot of girls her age wants to be on the Cheerleading squad. Unbeknown to her there is a sociopath, with their own agenda to get revenge on the school, starting on the cheerleaders.
Sydney has been Dakota's best friend throughout school, but with all the strange incidents going on, their friendship feels the strain.
Amanda is the new kid at the school, living next door to Dakota, they slowly become friends, but with her dysfunctional family and her dating Dakota's ex boyfriend, could she also be the sociopath.
Dakota has to start trusting her new friends and with a new boyfriend tries to find out who is after them.
The main characters are your typical teenagers with their own personal worries, cheerleading, boys, grades but with the added worry of who is going to die. Whilst reading this book, you will not stop yourself trying to guess who the sociopath is. The scenes involving them are written in their POV, which adds more suspense to this book and you know that they are playing with the students like a cat plays with a mouse.
I was surprised at the ending of this book, but is this the ending. No its not, with the author adding another twist, will we know.
This is another great start to the author's new series and the 2nd book is out soon.

nic_w's review against another edition

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4.0

Cheerleading can be Murder is book 1 of Carissa Anne Lynchs Horror High Series.
This was a great introduction to a new author for me and new genre of YA suspense/horror.

As the name suggests, there are a lot of cheerleading scenes and terms and the poor cheerleading squad of Harrow High is being targeted by a very calculating and smart sociopath.

I love books told in first person and books with duel narration as this one has both.

Carissa creates a variety of excellent characters and her story telling is very easy to be submerged in. Full of suspense, a dash of romance and plot twists, this was a great start to the Horror High series.

dialogy's review

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4.0



This book was a wonderful surprise.I liked that it had a mystery feel towards it which made it a quick and fun read.

Dakota,MC loves cheer leading and she wants to make the varsity team desperately.But as the tryouts for the positions escalate,mysterious things begin to happen to some of them.
All of the cheerleaders are trying to find who is the person responsible.

Reading this book made me realize how brutal high school could be.*remembering my own high school days*.

The epilogue shocked me when I thought that everything was done and we had our culprit.
Now I am anxious for book 2 in Horror high!!

Readers who love books such as pretty little liars should definitely give this one a chance.
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