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Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

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Thank you Netgalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire, Sourcebooks Fire for this opportunity. I usually not read many Ya but this cover took me. It.was a nice story, it keep me guessing all the time.

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Unfortunately, I did not finish this one. I appreciate the opportunity to review this one but it did not work for me. Thank you to the author and publisher for my copy in exchange for a review.

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I picked up this book because of its cover and because I love thrillers.

I had a fun time reading this book, I loved the fast pace and how intriguing the story was.

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I received this and as an eARC to read for free in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for giving me access.

I’ll start out by saying, this was not for me. I wanted to DNF around the 20% mark but stuck it out out of sheer curiosity. By the time I got to the end, I wasn’t invested in any of the characters. They all blended together and had your typical teenage drama twisted throughout.

What should have been a quick read, turned into two days of trudging through this story. Ichaso jumps between past and present so often that I had to go back just to make sure I was following along. I am all for these back and forth views but maybe use some page brakes or make it its own chapter.

Even the synopsis leads you astray by calling it a “hiking accident” when everyone assumes attempted suicide or foul play. Neither of those are accidents and one deserves a trigger warning for those that need it.

Overall, Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets was not a standout read. If you are looking for a psychological thriller, this is not it…but it might be better suited as a mystery.

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This was a fun mystery and thriller. Every little piece of info seemed to lead in a different direction so it kept me guessing!

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Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for allowing me to read a early readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

While this book was okay, there wasn’t anything special to it that would have me reread or recommend it to anyone else. I think the author could have done a much better job writing the twist for this thriller. The idea was there, but it didn’t flow naturally.

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I am sorry for the inconvenience but I don’t have the time to read this anymore and have lost interest in the concept. I believe that it would benefit your book more if I did not skim your book and write a rushed review. Again, I am sorry for the inconvenience.

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Thank you to NetGalley and SourceBooks for an e-galley of Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets.

Savannah's sister was found at the bottom of a cliff, locally know as Suicide Point. While Piper is alive, she is in a coma and unable to answer why she was on a hike that day to begin with. Savannah decides to take it into her own hands to find out who wanted to hurt her sister. But will her sleuthing leave their parents mourning two children or one?

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ooooooooo I loved it. it took me on a wild ride that I never wanted to end. it kept me guessing and I never saw the ending coming. 10/10 recommend.

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I think that the premise to this book is really clever, but unfortunately the pacing and execution of this book fell a little flat for me. Weirdly I think this is one of those books that might do well as a movie adaptation because it might help give the story that extra push.

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4.75. Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire I had the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Let’s just say, this is a really good YA thriller. The mystery is something, the characters are flawed, you really don’t know who to trust, there are great plot twists and honestly, I almost screamed in class while reading it (don’t judge me, everyone read during their class). While I was reading it, it was hard for me to put it down, especially during the hike part, because I was like “holy shit” most of the time.

The main character is interesting, she has her strength, her flaws, and mostly she feels guilty. Also, feeling left out for your younger sibling? Yes, I get it, but I would never have done what she did. But I can understand her at some point.

If it’s not a 5 stars, it’s because I think something the characters' reactions were too many, and even if I put down the book for a few days, I was not desperate to know what’s going to happen next
But damn, this book is still a good one

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ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

I’m just getting through my backlogs of ARC’s and was finally able to get to this book. It’s a YA mystery about a girl names Savanah trying to figure out how and why her sister had an accident and fell off a cliff. The plot was intriguing enough but I felt I needed a little more of the characters backstories to really feel invested in them. I’m going to recommend this book to my 15 year old daughter as I think it’s right up her alley.

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DEAD GIRLS CAN’T TELL SECRETS
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“Piper's fall was no accident. Did someone want her dead? It's up to her sister to discover the truth in this shocking new thriller with an unreliable narrator, from the acclaimed author of Little Creeping Things.”

For fans of Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards, this YA Thriller NEEDS to be your next read. When I first opened this book back in November thanks to @netgalley and @sourcebooksfire, I was captivated from the first chapter.

Savannah isn’t the typical heroine I’m used to reading in Young Adult Thrillers. In fact? I wasn’t even sure I liked her at first. Every character in this story screamed at me in their own ways, throwing me off the course of trying to figure out… who did it???

I had a notebook by my side and was writing down things I thought could help me figure out this mystery. Every time I thought I’d figured it out, I was wrong. And I wanted to be wrong.

This book is the twisty, captivating book that will keep you up all night long wanting and needing answers.

The answer you get? It isn’t what you’ll expect, but I promise it’s worth it.

As a lover of all things YA and Thriller, this book can only be rated five stars for the loop it threw me through. I’m thoroughly impressed and extremely excited to see what work of art Chelsea presents next.

If you’re looking for a fun, outdoorsy thriller that will keep you second guessing even your own thoughts, check out Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets TODAY!

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Unsatisfying read and lacked the tension that I was looking for in a thriller. Even then, I would have wanted the characters to be engrossing and relatable but it was personally had to care for them which I feel is important if you want a thriller to be engaging to its audience.

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This book was okay. I found the ending to be very in satisfying. The story just fault rushed and it could have been so much better.

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The mystery of this book was really intriguing to me. I read this really quickly because I wanted to find out what happened. I really disliked the characters, and they really didn’t have any redemption arc that was good enough for me to start liking them. This isn’t a book I’ll really remember, but I had fun at the time of reading it.

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Raise your hand if your least favorite method of “detection” in a mystery is the one where the protagonist accuses every single character in the story until they run out of suspects. *Raises hand* Sigh.

I’ve spilled a lot of proverbial ink in past reviews talking about how we need to demand better quality out of YA mysteries. One of the books I often use as an example of a “good” YA mystery is Chelsea Ichaso’s Little Creeping Things.

This I was expecting a lot better than what I got here out of her next book. The premise for this was a fine one, and the pacing (generally not the issue in YA mysteries) was fine as well. But the detective work (if you can even call it that) was horrendously shoddy, the solve convoluted, and also deeply unsatisfying if you don’t love the “it wasn’t really a murder/attempted murder” cop-out solve to poorly concluded mysteries.

It’s a shame, because the bones of this were fine and the characters were plenty good enough, but as a mystery, this is a disappointment.

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Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for a gifted copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.


From the title and synopsis this one gave me Pretty Little Liars vibes. Overall I enjoyed this one but it didn't blow me away. I think that I have discovered that when it comes to YA I prefer romcoms and fantasy as thrillers just don't hit the mark for me, but that's my preference and not a fault of the book.

That said, I enjoyed the angsty teenage drama, the character relationships and was satisfied with the overall ending. This is your typical YA thriller and I would recommend it for those who love the genre. I will be reading more from this author in the future.

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This was book was really great!! I enjoyed it a lot, loved the characters and the world building. The cover is also so lovely. It was full of angst, mystery intrigue, and it made my heart pump!

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There was promise with this book and i did like it in places, however, it just felt a little flat and underwhelming in general. The mystery was interesting and held a lot of promise but i think it didn't stick the landing for me. The writing style was generally easy to follow and it kept me hooked for the most part.

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