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One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
5.0

THIS BOOK STRESSED ME THE F*CK OUT. JESUS.

If I had read this on ebook instead of audiobook, I would've finished it in a day. I was HOOKED on this. I had to force myself to only listen to this while driving to work but I would sit in my driveway and finish chapters at night because I was so invested lol.

OK, so first off: THE TITLE MISLED ME SO BADLY. OH MY GOD. I spent 85 percent of the book expecting one of the four to have done it or at least had something to do with it, which was VERY BAD for me because I got SUPER attached to all of them by the halfway point and it was going to ruin my entire life if one of them was guilty. BUT THANK THE LORD. OH MAN when I started to realize that none of them had actually done it I was SO FRICKIN HAPPY. Best reveal ever.
So ya, I LOVED these characters. Addy was the only one who really annoyed me at the beginning, but once she cut her hair I was like YESSSSS. And by the end I was totally happy crying for her because I frickin LOVE HER and she is the best. Bronwyn and Nate were SO cute until Nate decided to be a stupid idiot and almost ruin everything. But Addy came thru again and he stopped being a dumbass. I loved Cooper a lot too and did NOT see his twist coming at ALL. WOO that was a Revelation. I ALSO really loved Maeve and Ashton! I just loved everyone GOSH

I was getting super impatient since it took SO FRICKIN LONG for the four to all get together and start meeting up and talking through things, and then IT WAS LIT. Oh my god I love the four of them together and I'm so so so happy they all became really good friends and oh my god I was a mess during the last chapter dude all my babes are happy :')

Some memorable parts in this was Cooper's "oh ya know, just livin the nightmare" and Nate when his mom asked if he and Bronwyn were bf/gf and he's like "NO WE'RE MURDER CO-SUSPECTS" hahahahaha. AH-MAZING. Murder club faves.

I grinned like an IDIOT throughout the entire bonus chapter. I’d read a whole ‘nother book about these four dummies just hanging out together. I love them.