A review by kbshufeldt
Don't Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKanna

5.0

A fast-paced thriller with alternating timelines between the past and the present. The book features three friends, all with their own secrets, guilt, and trauma. Abby is murdered during their freshman year of college, and twelve years later, her body is found, and the man who is suspected of killing is on death row for other murders. We follow Chelsea and Bree as they struggle to cope with their friend's death and the guilt they've carried for over a decade. The story shines a light on the romanticization and glitz given to true crime podcasts and TV and tries to bring the focus back to the victim. I appreciate that the victim nor her friends are squeaky clean either because it makes the aftermath feel real. The ripples that a crime has on not just the victim but friends, family, and the community are definitely felt in this story.