TW: Death, murder, blood, homophobia, internalised homophobia, toxic masculinity, mentions of racism, sex (on page)

Genuinely think this must be a me thing as so many of my fellow reviewers seemed to love this book. For me, I just never found our protagonist likeable. I don't think I found ANY character likeable save for Riley. As for the mystery, all arrows pointed to the culprit, and you are almost wondering if they are the 'red herring' considering all characters are guessing that's who it is. Turns out...it was them! So...not much mystery.

It definitely does show rather than tell, the effects of toxic masculinity. but honestly, I just really didn't enjoy it. Again, this probably is just a personal thing as I generally hate stories with 'bro' characters and this book was pretty much 90% that.