Whew, this one was fast pace, and I finished it in several hours. A murder mystery at an elite boarding school for the super smart, some of them are clearly too smart for their own good. When I had girls at their school, all of them are in a secret society, start turning up dead everyone knows that something is going on. But not everybody at the school is what they seem or who they seem to be, and as secrets begin unraveling, and more people turn up dead The reader is left wondering exactly who any of these people are.

First of all, thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for the advance copy of Win Lose Kill Die. I was surprised by some of the developments throughout the story, but I also never really felt like our main characters were in true danger. In a market that's pretty saturated with teen-focused thrillers, I think Win Lose Kill Die will be absorbed instead of standing out. It was fine. I enjoyed it, and I'm not mad I read it. But.... it's just not a stand out for me.

The ending was obvious. I was very bored the entire time and figured out the twist at the 25% mark.

The writing was good tho

I've read sillier things, but this was particularly annoying because the characters regularly inform you of how intelligent they are (generally while either performing a ridiculously foolish act or not observing a ridiculously obvious fact).

Thank you, #Random House Children's and #NetGalley for allowing me to read this book. If you loved any of Holly Jackson's books this one is for you to read! This book was awesome if you like murder mystery mixed with teenage prep school romance!

The way this was written kept me wanting to read more to see who was committing the crimes. The ending is shocking! I would have never thought that who was revealed as the killer would be the person behind all of the crimes. When you go back and look at the moments after finishing the novel it makes sense. I would be interested in a second book to see how the killer keeps up their current image. I really liked the chapters of the killer addressing us as the readers, because you are trying to figure out if there are any clues in what is being shared.

There is one character that I really liked and that was Kat, I really like that she at first was seen as some person who just worked out, but as the story went out she was shown as someone that also had intelligence.

One thing that felt flat to me and not developed was the love between Cole and Liz (Main Character). Their love felt a little forced and rushed. They barely know each other and they just fall in love after a day? I guess for me with everything going on at the school and Liz's problems with her recent head issues I feel could have developed a little bit more slowly.