A review by wynrii
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book was a solid sequel but I don’t think it did much for the original plot. I did like how, this time; Pip didn’t have a concrete outline of what happened, she had to solve it on her own and test her own skills. A lot of what I’m about to bring up is a little bit nitpicking but the book is good although, it doesn’t live up to the first one.

I was sad at the lack of transcripts in the book. I found that to be the first books charming point and really had me engaged. 

I was disappointed at the fact that Ravi and other side characters didn’t have a bigger part to play in this book. Neither did Connor, and his brother was missing! I felt as if we didn’t get enough time with anyone.

The writing style is pretty easy to pick up when there is about to be a twist, so nothing really is truly whiplashing  of a twist. 

 I did feel like lots of the clues just kinda fell into Pips lap this time. I was looking forward to see what she could find online but a lot of stuff she found just turned out to be kinda misleading. 

I did like how the person behind it all stayed anonymous for majority of the book. Although…(continued in spoilers)
….I did not like how Charlie revealed himself. As soon as he showed up to the house, I knew it is was him. I wanted Pip to discover who truly was “Layla”. While I read; I tried to guess who Layla was, and I was dead set that it was Ant and Lauren. The two seemed so suspicious from not showing up to their friends missing brothers search party + claiming that the missing guy was FAKING IT!??!? Plus they just suddenly became assholes without an explanation and Connor nor Pip even received an apology 😭😭💀. though Charlie being Layla makes sense. I would have appreciated some more interactions with him so I could have at least had him on my raider. I just thought he was some joe shmoe that moved into the neighbourhood. There were very few clues to even try to make a theory.


All in all, it was a solid sequel and don’t let my nit picking deter you from picking up the book. This book does not tarnish the reputation the first book created. Please do give it a try!
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