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Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
4.5
This copy was gifted to me by my brother and sister in law for Christmas and after reading a much heavier read to round out 2021, a YA thriller was just up my alley.
After documenting her investigation into the disappearance of Andie Bell into a podcast, fans are begging for more. Pip is hesitant to unhinge her life all over again when her friend Connor approaches her, desperate to find his older brother Jamie. Pip dives head first back into "Sarge" mode and races against the clock to save her friends brother, no matter the consequences.
Exploring the themes of justice and second chances, 'Good Girl, Bad Blood' told the story of Max Hastings trial as well as took the reader along for the investigation into Jamie Reynolds disappearance. The stories were told through a blend of narrative, interviews, images, podcast recordings and case notes, I think I enjoyed how much more appeared to be happening in this novel over the first. The plot was certainly twisty!
My main motivation for reading the sequel of this series was to see what happened to Pip, I was much more intrigued to see what happened to her. In particular her self discovery across the two books was something that I enjoyed the most. The ending was an especially emotional and scaring moment for the character as she was forced to grow up very quickly.
Although I enjoyed the story more than the first novel (a whole 1.5 stars more), I did question how so many people seemed to know the exact time they saw Jamie on the night of his disappearance and then the last minute piece of evidence that came so late in the novel, preventing any read-as-you-go-detectives from working out the ending.
For lovers of the TV series Veronica Mars and novel Sadie.
After documenting her investigation into the disappearance of Andie Bell into a podcast, fans are begging for more. Pip is hesitant to unhinge her life all over again when her friend Connor approaches her, desperate to find his older brother Jamie. Pip dives head first back into "Sarge" mode and races against the clock to save her friends brother, no matter the consequences.
Exploring the themes of justice and second chances, 'Good Girl, Bad Blood' told the story of Max Hastings trial as well as took the reader along for the investigation into Jamie Reynolds disappearance. The stories were told through a blend of narrative, interviews, images, podcast recordings and case notes, I think I enjoyed how much more appeared to be happening in this novel over the first. The plot was certainly twisty!
My main motivation for reading the sequel of this series was to see what happened to Pip, I was much more intrigued to see what happened to her. In particular her self discovery across the two books was something that I enjoyed the most. The ending was an especially emotional and scaring moment for the character as she was forced to grow up very quickly.
Although I enjoyed the story more than the first novel (a whole 1.5 stars more), I did question how so many people seemed to know the exact time they saw Jamie on the night of his disappearance and then the last minute piece of evidence that came so late in the novel, preventing any read-as-you-go-detectives from working out the ending.
For lovers of the TV series Veronica Mars and novel Sadie.
Content Warnings
Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Murder, and Car accident