natalienance 's review for:

Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston

3.5

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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Thank you to NetGalley, HarperCollins, and the author for providing this ARC for review!

Kerry & Annie are best friends who are obsessed with mysteries and true crime. When they agree to help a popular girl at a party, they find her best friend dead - the first of a string of murders. They navigate cliques, teen romance, and the patriarchy to solve the mystery and identify the serial killer!

What I loved:

• The feminism! I loved that Kerry and Annie are checking anyone who is casually misogynistic or tries to dismiss them because they are teenage girls.
• The twist! This was a satisfying mystery, very much in the vein of Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes. 
• The romance! Kerry and Scott are verrry cute.

What I didn't love:

• Lack of a definite setting - this book had a combination of American teenage tropes and British-isms, leaving me very confused about where this story was unfolding. Specifically - if this is the UK, I don't believe they have years like "junior" and I don't believe people under 18 can drive; if this is the US, we would call them "towns" not "villages," we call our police officers "Officer [name]" or "Detective [name]" not "DI [name]," and we have the FBI and CIA, not MI5 or MI6.
• The title - I would say that there is so much more to this mystery than the fact that the characters are in school. The fact that the title isn't a period pun is a shame.