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Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott

4.0

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Kit and Diane meet in school, they both love running and studying and they have their eyes set on a scholarship that’s sponsored by the Dr. Severin. The only issue is that only one of them can win the scholarship. When they decide to share with each other their deepest secrets and when Diane shares her secret with Kit, who she considers her best friend. Kit is shocked Diane secret is darker than anything she ever imagined. Soon friends become rivals when they both share the same dream. Years pass and Kit is living her dream she’s working with Dr. Severin in a lab and they are just about to receive a major grant. Kit is hoping to be chosen to work on the grant. When Diane shows up out of the blue brought in by Dr. Severin. Unexpected feelings arise about Diane that Kit had felt in high school the weight of having to carry her secret. Soon she’s competing with Diane again. When Kit makes a fatal mistake and Diane is there helping keep her secret. Now Kit is keeping both secrets and wondering if Diane is a threat and if everything she worked for is at risk.