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The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
4.0

Aubrey, Millie, and Jonah are cousins who received an invitation to visit this island where their grandmothers lives. Their grandmother disowned their parents many years ago. Some of the cousins were hesitant about this request and some of them are looking forward to it.

While reading this book I found myself intrigued about the line “you know what you did?” I wanted to know what Aubrey, Millie, and Jonah parents did to be disowned by their mother. The cousins had asked their parents before and was left with answers such as “ I don’t know” and other aloof answers. Which made me think that someone was lying or covering something up.

In the beginning of this book, I was confused because of the multiple POVs including the time jumps. But I started to get the hang of it towards the middle. I would read anything by K.M, I rated this a 3.5 but rounded it up to 4 stars on goodreads. I think it’s a good stand alone YA mystery but somehow I wanted more twists and turns.

I also appreciate the hint of romance in this story as well. The individual lives of the cousins were interesting and the character development or lack their of of them were good in my opinion. Especially Millie’s character development.