A review by rainbowbookthief
Murder for the Modern Girl by Kendall Kulper

3.0

The description does not adequately convey the tone of this book - it’s light and airy and fun, not the dramatic romance I was expecting. The stakes are high, between Ruby’s determination to take down corrupt city officials and poison bad men, but they don’t feel high because the book won’t take itself seriously. Ruby feels more like a caricature of a 1920s flapper than a character with a personality of her own - and the same goes for her best friend Maggie. Guy’s perspective feels a bit more genuine, but neither of them truly have depth. The mystery of the book isn’t really a mystery at all - we know whodunnit from the very beginning, and the rest of the plot is just Ruby trying to gather enough evidence against him because no one would believe a young female mind reader. I didn’t have any overt problems with the book, but I didn’t necessarily enjoy it either. It’s just very different than what I was expecting, and I would probably recommend it to younger YA fans before older/adult YA fans.