Okay so firstly, I found this significantly more enjoyable to read than One of Us is Lying. While there were references and parts that you wouldn’t really understand without having read the first book, I don’t think it’s entirely necessary to have read it to read this one!

Pace: The pace was so much quicker than book 1 and dived straight into the juicy stuff. This was then a pretty constant pace throughout with a few peaks and troughs around events.

Characters: I found these gen 2 characters a lot more likeable and enjoyable to read. I thought they had much more character development and this happened steadily throughout so I increasingly became more attached to them.

Plot: I found the storyline is this again, way more enjoyable. While some parts were arguably a bit far fetched, they were fun and that’s why I read a book. Not to critically analyse the probability of things happening.

While this isn’t my usual genre and therefore, they usually fall flat for me - this was a fun, easy read and perfect to break up some of the intense books I’ve been reading recently.