Hello loves!
Another The Write Reads blog tour for you today, this time for You’ll Be the Death of Me by the queen of teen crime herself Karen M.McManus. I absolutely adored this book and just like every other book that she has written it was fast paced and well written and everything that you could want in a Karen M.McManus book.
Thank you so much to The Write Reads and Penguin UK for my eARC of this book (the copy that is on my instagram to promote my tour stop I bought for myself).
Let’s get into it!
Summary
Ivy, Mateo and Cal used to be close – best friends back in middle school.
Now all they have in common is a bad day. So for old time’s sake they skip school together – one last time.
But when the trio spot Brian ‘Boney’ Mahoney ditching class too, they follow him – right into a murder scene.
They all have a connection to the victim. And they’re ALL hiding something.
When their day of freedom turns deadly, it’s only a matter of time before the truth comes out . . .
It’s Ferris Bueller’s Day Off with murder, perfect for fans of One Of Us Is Lying and A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder. This explosive new thriller is impossible to put down
Rating
ESCAPE score: 53
Thoughts
The queen of teen crime is indeed back with this sensational book that is, as is usual for Karen M.McManus full of twists and turns along the way.
Ivy, Mateo, and Cal were wonderful POVs to follow as the mystery unravels and all of their secrets become unraveled as their relevance to the story comes out. They were all unique characters with distinct voices and life experiences that fed into how they viewed and reacted to the death and following events. Of course, I can’t say too much about other characters as it may give away the plot but they too were complex and well developed and even those who seemed like minor characters in the story had a role to play were also brilliant. And of course all f the characters changed and developed and became better people over the course of the book, another distince mark of Karen M.McManus’ books that I love.
The mystery, again as always, was well crafted and my favorite thing about it was how it all happened over th4e course of a day and then we got to see the consequences from that at the end too. It was so well written and well-paced that by the last 20% of the book I couldn’t put it down as I was too engrossed and desperate to find out what was going to happen next and what all the characters were separately piecing together. And of course, there was the masterful final, jaw-dropping, twist that I just love about Karen M.McManus’ books for it always comes and it always hits you right in the gut and takes your breath away.
The writing, as I hope my gushing review has indicated, is just phenomenal. At this point every time I read one of her books, Karen M.Mcmanus cements herself as one of my all-time favorite authors becasue she just cannot put a foot wrong. I just cannot wait to see what she does next!
You can buy the book here (the Blackwells link is affiliate)
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Author bio
Karen M. McManus is the #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult thriller/mystery novels, including One of Us Is Lying, One of Us Is Next, Two Can Keep a Secret, and The Cousins. You’ll Be the Death of Me will be her next novel, publishing December 2021. Her work has been translated into more than 40 languages worldwide. Karen lives in Massachusetts and holds a master’s degree in Journalism from Northeastern University, which she mostly uses to draft fake news stories for her novels. For more information, visit www.karenmcmanus.com or @writerkmc on Twitter and Instagram.
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