dig_the_plot 's review for:

Keep Your Friends Close by Lucinda Berry

2.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well. This story was terrible. I couldn’t stand any of these women. Nor did I like the cops. And I kept trying to look at it from the perspective that they were the “elite” but does that mean you are just stupid. Kiersten, Whitney, Brooke and Jade all belong to the West Hollywood Mom’s Club and were best friends. And I use that term loosely because these women were not best friends or knew what the word meant. The story alternates between the women and between now and then. (I also didn’t like the font that was used for then and now. Weird I know.) There were so many great storylines in this story that should have been expounded upon but instead just silly stuff was thrown in. I would love to make bullet points on all of it but it would be spoilers. This book was so frustrating because it had such potential. There are so many cringey parts! And again most of the cringey parts are the twists and bombshells! The writing is good! I really like Lucinda Berry and I looked at few other reviews and I’m definitely in the minority with this review. This is definitely a book I would like re-write to make a better story. And this is one of those times I would love to give spoilers just so I could discuss what I would do differently. I gave it two stars because I did finish it and I wanted to know the ending. As bad as it was.