A review by hannahnana73
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

5.0

What did I think? Firstly, that was full of unexpected twists and turns, I'm saying it so much but it's true. I loved how the author kept dropping small hints though, so by Chapter 20-ish the reader could pretty much connect the dots...

Spoiler Wow. So Mildred never disinherited her kids! I must say Theresa's plan is pretty original, and her team worked pretty well to cover up their traces... I did suspect Donald from the beginning, and obvi Baxter knew something so when he died it was clearly foul play... Theresa, however, I only suspected much later on... What happened to Max was unacceptable - true he was a downright jerk, but murder? that still doesn't excuse Theresa though, even though Anders was ALSO a downright jerk. so was Adam. Okay so a lot of them were jerks. I felt really sorry for Allison coz of what happened with the pregnancy and she couldn't tell anyone... also Archer and how he had done nothing wrong... That family was srsly messed up... I luv the Jonah N and JT thing tho - worked well for JN, and honestly JN and Milly are so cute together:) Out of the three cousins (well two) I preferred Audrey the most, ig coz she was the most relatable... but I loved Milly's wittiness... Also, I loved how it was Audrey who ultimately figured out what was going on first and was the one in the midst of the action and not Milly (don't get me wrong, I loved Milly but felt she was just a bit too much sometimes...) Anyway I loved how it ended - honestly, Paula's letter was hilarious "from one phoney to another"