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The Good Girls by Sara Shepard
4.0

A thrilling story

I really enjoyed this duology and how the same mystery was spread across two books instead of two separate stories. I enjoyed the characters, how they were all different and the different narratives really helped the story flow. Although after a while it did become obvious that it could only be one of the girls who was the killer. I really enjoyed the twist but I'm not sure how I feel about it in conclusion to the story. I was kind of hoping that it was someone just put for revenge, or even a group of people working g together, like the same way the girls originally were for their prank. It was interesting how things played out but I do feel the confusion was rushed, and as the girls were so close for weeks, there was no real explanation on how NOBODY saw what was going on with Julie. Especially since she mentioned Parker multiple times the other girls never said a word till the end.
Neverless. I really really enjoyed this story. It was interesting, complex and really forced me to use my brain to try and put all the clues together. I've never read anything by Sara Shepard before but I will be picking up more of her works in future and maybe even give PLL a go. Highly recommend if your looking for a fast paced mystery to devour