I spent many a pleasant hour at my house watching "Pretty Little Liars" with my daughters, so I have been wanting to read this little gem of a YA for a long time. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus is a fast and furious mix of thriller, love story, and gossip saga all rolled into a mystery.
The set-up for the story is that five Bayview High students get detention and are about to serve it in one classroom. There is a distraction at the window, and then boom. One is dead. How does Simon die? Well, that is one of the many curious things: a nut allergy. How does someone die of a nut allergy in a classroom where the students can only drink water? No one seems to know, but the other four students are all suspects because they are the focus, for various reasons, of Simon's brutal, tell-all blog. As their secrets come out one by one and the story is big news everywhere, we get to know these characters better and better. Yet it seems impossible that any of them is capable of murder. But anything is possible, right?
If you like a fast read full of intrigue and interesting characters, this one's for you. And oh, yeah! There is a sequel! Come check them out at the library!
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