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One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
3.0

I think I went into this one with expectations that were too high. I have seen many people compare this book to the television series "Gossip Girl" (which is one of my guilty pleasure shows!), but I just didn't really see the connection. Yes, there is a gossip website for the characters' high school, but it isn't really utilized in the story (due to an event that happens right at the beginning of the book which I can't really write about without spoiling that plotline). With that being said, I did really like the main characters of this story. While the narration switches between chapters, I never found myself favoring one voice over the others. I went back and forth between a three and four-star rating but ultimately went with three stars because of the ending. Honestly, the ending didn't have the shock factor that I think this book deserves. There are many other ways the author could have concluded this story that would have worked better and earned the title a four-star rating from me!