3.5 stars

This book had been on my TBR for several years before its recent UK release and I did enjoy it. There were certainly things in the book that made me feel uncomfortable but I would assume that was the aim of them. I really liked the concept of the book: the danger of lies, betrayal and deceit. It shows the nature of what lengths teenagers will sometimes resort to in order to protect themselves, their image and social standing. I liked that it was told from multiple perspectives: Elaine the super popular girl, Kelsie the now popular ex-best friend of Alice, Josh the sporty best friend of the now dead Brandon and Kurt the weird kid. I love a cliché stereotype and that definitely fed into this story. I thought it was really interesting that as the layers got peeled back it wasn’t until right at the end we finally hear from Alice and things become a bit clearer. Kurt was without a doubt my favourite character.