A review by melaniesreads
My Best Friend's Murder by Polly Phillips

4.0

I am probably going to be in the minority with this but I loved Izzy. She’s a passive aggressive toxic, gaslighting, narcissistic she devil. With her qualities normally being reserved for male characters it made a nice change, plus she’s glamorous as hell (putting me to shame as I sit here in my scruffs). She’s deviously clever in her manipulation, having Bec questioning her gut instincts, from little things like throwing her flowers in the bin and when questioned saying they were full of bugs. Whereas Bec, who most will probably get behind as she’s set up as the “good guy”, did my nut in. Get some gumption girl and call her out if her actions bother you that much! She’s not the little miss innocent she makes herself out to be either and their friendship has been rife with competitive one-upmanship.

There are so many intricate layers to this, from crossover relationships, in not just the romantic form but in career and family too. Their lives are so entwined that surely only death could tear that apart. The control emanates from more than one direction and I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach as the saying be careful what you wish for sprang to mind.

I had my suspicions on what happened until a totally different idea hit me with a random lightbulb moment. I was completely wrong on both counts and as the truth was finally revealed I discovered there was so much more to the story than even I had realised. Bravo!