I have discovered a new genre I'm into: murder mystery. One of Us is Lying is a book by Karen M. McManus and it's about five highschool kids that get stuck in detention. All of them with different personalities, they don't know each other, and never intend to get to know each other. Bronwyn is the brain, Addy is the beauty, homecoming princess, Nate is the criminal, already on probation for dealing, Cooper is the jock, and Simon is the outcast. Simon is the creater of About That, a gossip app where he posts everybody's secrets. By the end of detention, Simon is dead and according to the police, it wasn't an accident. The four other kids were going to be About That's main characters the following day so they are considered suspects.
The book is really interesting and it kept me on the tip of my toes the entire time. Karen M. McManus did an excellent job making me guess until the end who was responsible for Simon's death. I had never read any murder mysteries type of books so I wasn't sure I was going to be into that sort of thing but after reading it I was so glad because this book was tuly great. The main characters are awesome and we get to see each of their points of view. I would rate this book a 10/10 because I truly loved it. I can't wait to read the sequel, One of Us is Next, and find out what happens next.
"I don't know why it's so hard for people to admit that sometimes they're just assholes who screw up because they don't expect to get caught."
“Unless one of us is lying. Which is always a possibility.”
“You find out who your real friends are when stuff like this happens. Turns out I didn’t have any…”
^ some fanart I found and is pretty accurate on how the characters look like
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