4/5

Fifty Fifty what an aptly named book. Two sisters both claim the other has murdered their father while they are all in his house together. Sofia calls 911 and blames Alexandra, Alexandra calls 911 and blames Sofia. It really is Fifty Fifty making you change your mind on who the true killer was throughout the book.

This book has 3 main perspectives, the defense lawyer for Sofia, and the defense lawyer for Alexandra, as well as the killer, but only know as “She”. This gave each of the main characters real time for you to form an opinion on them. Alongside these, there are also several different characters, all of which I felt added to the overall story.

The main focus of the book is the trial, mainly following each lawyer as they try to beat the other in a joint trial, but they have more to deal with than just the other defendant's cases of innocents. Both lawyers believed that their client didn’t kill their father so it makes it a case of doing the right thing vs doing what’s best for their respective careers. Flipping from one lawyer to the other, this book does a great job of creating doubt and suspicion, even when you think you’ve got it all figured out.

Now on to the perspective of “she”, this was good, it gave a different perspective of the killer's true motives and thoughts without giving away who the killer was. Despite giving away several hints as to who it was, the author left it open-ended meaning either Sofia or Alexandra could have been telling this story. However, this is where my only real flaw appeared, at times it was a bit far-fetched. Now, this is just personal preference but for me, certain incidents that happen when “she” is on bail are just ludicrous. I get the author trying to add more to the story and make the final reveal all the more shocking, but at times it was just too unbelievable. This made the police in the book seem just incompetent, with the fact they couldn’t link anything back to the true killer, despite it being practically under their noses.

Overall I really enjoyed the book, personal preference aside it was great, and without the previously mentioned issues I have, it might have gotten a 5. It does an excellent job of living up to its name, really creating a 50/50 shift after several chapters. Being my first Eddie Flynn book I still felt all the characters had a purpose with most of the main ones getting a conclusion. Definitely recommend this book and look forward to reading others in the series.