Are you guys excited?! This is the FIRST book review of the brand new TBF year. Before I jump right in to my book review, I do have an author announcement! Benjamin Alire Saenz will be attending TBF this year! He is the well-known author of ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE. So cool!
Now, time for the book review. When I should've been studying for school, I was too busy reading, Sara Shepard's newest book THE AMATEURS. Take a look:
As soon as Seneca Frazier sees the post on the Case Not
Closed website about Helena Kelly, she's hooked. Helena's high-profile
disappearance five years earlier is the one that originally got Seneca addicted
to true crime. It's the reason she's a member of the site in the first place.
So when Maddy Wright, her best friend from the CNC site,
invites Seneca to spend spring break in Connecticut looking into the cold case,
she immediately packs her bag. But the moment she steps off the train in
trendy, glamorous Dexby, things begin to go wrong. Maddy is nothing like she
expected, and Helena's sister, Aerin Kelly, seems completely hostile and
totally uninterested in helping with their murder investigation.
But when Brett, another super user from the site, joins
Seneca and Maddy in Dexby, Aerin starts to come around. The police must have
missed something, and someone in Dexby definitely has information they've been
keeping quiet.
As Seneca, Brett, Maddy, and Aerin begin to unravel dark
secrets and shocking betrayals about the people closest to them, they seem to
be on the murderer's trail at last. But somewhere nearby the killer is watching
. . . ready to do whatever it takes to make sure the truth stays buried.
THE AMATEURS is my first Sara Shepard novel (I know, I’m
behind). If THE AMATEURS is anything like her other novels, I will be
binge-reading them in the next few weeks. The first book in this brand new
series is fast-paced, thrilling and full of drama.
What I love about THE AMATEURS is cast of the characters.
There are four teens to this detective wannabe group: Seneca, Maddy, Brett and
Aerin. They all of have their own personal motives for solving the mysterious
death of Helena Kelly. They have no resources or forensic knowledge. All they
have going for them is their ambition, quick-thinking and the desire to
know what happened to Helena. In a strange way, solving cold cases is even therapeutic
for them.
I highly recommend THE AMATEURS to every mystery reader
lover. You will be very addicted to the plot, characters and the drama.
That's it for today! Be sure to check back for more book reviews and more!
Miranda
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