a solid, fascinating mystery! very well-thought out, plenty of red herrings to keep me engaged. this improves on One of Us is Lying, which didn’t having me doing nearly as much thinking with the fairly obvious ending and culprit. but this, I thought it was fantastic plot-wise. what took it down for me was that the character development was lacking in my opinion. the two protagonists got their endings, but there were quite a few other characters that started and sadly ended seeming quite flat to me. still, the mystery kept me reading it all in one go!