4.5 - Najwa gets back into competitive scrabble a year after her best friend and Queen of Tiles, Trina, dropped dead in the middle of a game. But when Trina's instagram becomes active again with cryptic posts, Najwa starts realising her best friend's death may not have been natural, and starts investigating.
I found myself quite surprised at how much i enjoyed reading about scrabble geniouses and their competition. I appreciated how the chapters started with great scrabble words and their definitions, just like Najwa loves to think. And i loved how the love of words became a major part of the mystery.
It was also nice to read about a story taking place in Malaysia, following a Muslim main character. There's also a side non-binary character.
All of this to say, I can't find anything to fault this book. It was really good, i was invested.
It's just missing that little spark that would have made it a 5/5 great read but I'd still thouroughly recommend it!