Overall: so recommended and a bloody good narrator.

I say on my bio for Goodreads that I like books with good characterization and books with compelling story-lines. This book combines both.

Allegedly is about a nine-year girl who is convicted of murdering a 3 month of baby... Allegedly. It is a compelling read about a girl who never had a chance at a normal childhood and became part of “the system”. Why or how you enter the system does not really matter once you are in it. I defy you to read this and not get angry at how we (Western society) treat our children, teenagers and young adults who are not lucky enough to have stable homes with adequate funds.

“Guess birthdays don’t mean nothing in a group home. I mean, it kind of makes sense. Hard to celebrate the day you were born when everybody seems to wish you were never born at all. Especially after you come into this world and fuck it all up”

As a thriller this story is compelling and I guess thrilling? Oh, it just bloody works. The story-line uses the most unreliable narrator of all, a teenager who has plenty reason not to tell you the whole truth but really, really needs to for her own sake. From the first chapter I was nearly shouting out loud, begging her to tell someone what had really happened. There are lots of "What the Hell?" Moments. It was overall a great big whopping emotional ride of a book. Sometimes it made me sad, others hopeful but mostly it made me angry.

I listened to this book on audible. The narrator was Bahni Turpin and she was amazing and added to an already 4/5 star book.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes Thrillers and books written from a teenager rather unique perspective.