Monday, May 2, 2022

You’ll Be the Death of Me

You’ll Be the Death of Me 
By Karen M. McManus 
Delacorte Press, 2021. 326 pages. Young Adult Fiction 

Estranged friends Ivy, Mateo, and Cal witness a murder while skipping school, and the only way they can solve it is by revealing what they have been hiding from one another--and themselves. 

I know whenever I pick up one of McManus’s books I’m in for suspenseful teen mystery, and this one fits the bill. I appreciate the multiple perspectives from Ivy, Cal, and Mateo, and all three teens have understandable reasons to keep the secrets they do. Their stories and situations have varying levels of relatability, and are complexly woven together in a way that kept me guessing until the end. 

If you liked You’ll Be the Death of Me, you might also like: 

By Gabriella Lepore 
Inkyard Press, 2021. 312 pages. Young Adult Fiction

When a fellow student is murdered, Jenna Dallas and Adam Cole, who discovered the body, launch their own investigation and discover that everyone in the community of Gardiners Bay has something to hide. 

By Lauren Oliver 
Harper, 2018. 408 pages. Young Adult Fiction 

Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend after becoming obsessed and delusional over a novel, but on the anniversary of their friend's death a discovery pulls them back together to find out what actually happened that night. 

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