We Did Nothing Wrong by Hannah Jayne is a great YA thriller.
Very well written, and the characters were all realistic and very well developed.
I really enjoyed the writing style. I found myself gripped, turning the pages, not knowing what was to come next.

This book has been quite the surprise because while I obviously knew it was going to be a YA thriller, I found the main character to be a fresh take for this genre! The way the author portrayed the reactions of the characters to the disappearance truly highlighted the fact that they were teens, and that this mistery was way too big for them to handle, specially for Lia.

📍This story takes place in Empire Hill, the high school Diana and Lia attend. The girls have been neighbors and best friends since they were toddlers, but high school is tough for everyone and Lia wants to be her own person, separated from Diana. We follow the girls and their friends as tragedy strikes, and suddenly nobody’s able to tell who’s the friend and who’s the foe, and trust seems misplaced even in the most familiar, loved faces.

✍️The author presents a story with a slow start, but as soon as the pace picks up, it’s impossible to put down. Diana disappears right at the beginning and we see Lia trying to cope with the situation: at first, she thinks her friend is pranking her because she’s found out about Lia’s secret relationship and wants to somehow punish her for not being honest; but as the days go by without Diana, Lia’s initial theory starts to crumble and we see her spiraling. Since the story is told by Lia’s POV, we follow her descent into absolute hysteria as she anxiously looks for clues while also desperately wants to believe her friend isn’t truly missing. The author masterfully explores the mind of a seventeen-year-old who kept a secret from her best friend and decides that it’s a big enough offense for her friend to disappear as a way to teach her a lesson, refusing at first to play detective because she’s terribly scared of facing the reality of her best friend being in danger, of never seeing her again. Lia isn’t naive, she knows something has happened to Diana, but as you read you understand she just can’t face the truth, and I loved how the author let Lia get crazier every chapter as her world came crashing down around her.

👥Diana and Lia are the main characters of this story, two best friends whose interests are so different it’s starting to push them apart. Diana is a pageant queen, she’s the most popular girl at school and everybody loves her, but underneath the bubbly personality there’s a girl who wants to become a Supreme Court Justice and is willing to go the extra mile to get what she wants. And Lia is a super smart girl who has a bright future as a scientist ahead of her, who also plays the bass with her band, but despite her merits, Lia feels overshadowed by Diana and is constantly trying to distance herself from her friend. Both girls know their friendship has changed and we see them trying to come to terms with it, but as the story progresses we, along with Diana and Lia, realize that sometimes miscommunication is the biggest enemy of every relationship. Nonetheless, I have to say there’s a cheating plot that involves one of the girls, and that I absolutely despised it as I felt it was not needed for the story, and the ending would have had the same impact!

🖇️I loved this story mainly because I loved Lia’s reaction to her friend’s disappearance, she was worried right away but she tried to dismiss it and play it cool by convincing herself that it was all a big prank. Lia didn’t turn into a detective overnight, she kept acting like a teenager and she was still a child when things got serious, as she started doubting everyone and seeing Diana everywhere. I think the author brilliantly told a YA thriller in which the heart of the story are the teenagers, their friendships, their mistakes, their fears, while also including a cautionary tale that those who blend in the most might hide the darkest secrets.

We Did Nothing Wrong
by Hannah Jayne
Pub Date: Dec 03 2024

We Did Nothing Wrong is a YA thriller book that kept me on the edge of my seat. It was about the relationship between two main characters, Diana and Lia. The book started out slow but it picked up about half way in and was a fast twisty read from there until the ending! A teen book with lots of drama and a diabolical ending.

Synopsis: Everyone thinks Diana is a runaway, including the police. Lia is secretly convinced it's all a prank. Then she finds a crushed red rose tied with a candy-cane ribbon where Diana went missing. And next to it, a YOU It's the same ribbon Lia's received on gifts from a "secret admirer." Did someone come for Diana that night? And will Lia be next?

Many thanks to #NetGalley #SourcebooksFire and #WeDidNothingWrong for providing me with an E-ARC of this book.

I am DNFing this book.
Unfortunately, something about the characters feels off and I can't really believe their reactions and thoughts, and so even tho I'm 35% into the book, I still can't get into the story.
I did like that the main character is morally grey (for a YA) and not a perfect person, and the mystery could have a satisfying end, but I'm not invested enough to continue reading.

I would still recommend this book because it might be just a personal preference, and I will be giving this author another try in the future.


Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I’ll give this one a 3.5 ⭐️ rating. It is YA, and I did feel it is aged appropriately (12-14). You’ve got the popular “queen” who thinks she knows it all and rules the school, and her best friend who’s a bit more modest, and trying to gain some distance. The Queen Diana goes missing, the town thinks she’s run away, her BFF Lia thinks it’s a prank to get sympathy and a “boost” of popularity when she’s found … but is there something else going on? Lia has a secret, one that would make Diana SO mad … did Diana find out and run away to punish Lia? Did she get abducted? Did she run away to start pageant life? Where is Diana?

Thank you NetGalley! This is my second book by this author. It is a typical Young Adult novel complete with best friends, missing teenagers and craziness. I liked it!

After reading the synopsis of this book I was intrigued, a romance amongst friends and the sudden disappearance of one. I started the book and I personally felt there was so much reputation of a very minor incident and the so called best friends actually could not stand each other from page one. After completing the book I felt realized it was aimed at young adults. While I am no longer as young as I think I am I have read a number of ya books and have thoroughly enjoyed them but this was just a miss for me.

good mystery about a couple and staying in a house and the other couple there. kept me on my toes . good mystery and figuring stuff out.

An interesting teen drama combining elements of thriller, mystery, drama, and romance. Follow along as the main character tries to figure out what happened to her best friend, and how she can save her.

Overall: 2.75⭐️ (rounded up for Goodreads)

I felt like this book suffered from pacing issues. There were times it felt as if it went really fast, and times it seemed like it was dragging. I think the plot employees the “red herring” really well although I did ultimately guess who was behind Diana’s disappearance very early on. I really disliked the protagonist so I had a hard time cheering for her as a “heroine”. Overall not a bad story but I don’t think I’d choose it again. If you like books that feel like a teenager melodrama then this might be for you, but it wasn’t for me.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC

interesting thriller. the protagonist was kinda meh, but the ending was really well done. definitely felt younger YA, though, more 13-14 then 13-17. 3 stars. tysm for the arc.

I really enjoyed this book. It did take me about 25% in to really want to grab it & read. I didn’t expect the ending at all.

Delia & Diana are best friends since they were 2 but Delia feels like she can’t compare with beauty queen Diana so she goes by Lia now. Diana is the dramatic beauty queen, always has to look spotless & has a handsome boyfriend, Eli. Lia is your book smart, bass playing, girl next door but when her & Eli kiss, she’s worried Diana won’t forgive her. But when Lia & Diana are supposed to sneak out to meet at the park & Lia is going to confess… Diana never shows up. Lia thinks Diana knew all along & is playing a trick on her. Each day that goes by Lia gets more worried & doesn’t think Diana would be this cruel or be gone this long. And that doesn’t even mention the roses & notes Lia has been receiving… but what happened to Diana? Will she ever come back?

I enjoyed this quick read. It seemed to take a bit to get going, but once it took off, it kept me interested. While I did manage to narrow down the "who done it", to 2 people, I kept flip-flopping between them, as you should with this type of story. That part was very well done. I only wish that the ending would've been a bit longer, there were a few things I wanted clarification on. Overall, it was an interesting and engaging story.

Read it in one sitting. Requested the book because the title and cover caught my attention. It’s a really fast paced book. A little spelling error..
Could work on the ending a little more, i thought it needed to be a little longer and more detail.

Thank u netgalley for the arc !

If you enjoy YA books, I think you would like this book. Typically I enjoy YA books however, this book was a little too YA for my liking. The book took awhile to get into. It was definitely a slow burn. I feel like the story line and the plot kind of fell flat for me.

I think the appropriate age group that would enjoy this book is between the ages of 12-15.
It was a good story, I just felt like something was missing.

Oh this book felt very much like everything I loved to read 5+ years ago. It was definitely captivating and I wanted to keep reading. I loved how everything shook out and thought the author did a great job of weaving it all together! A great read.

This one was a roller coaster! From the very beginning, I loved both Lia and Diana and their friendship dynamic - I knew from the start it was going to be an interesting story! Throw in a secret boyfriend and Diana going missing, and I couldn't put this one down! While Jayne had a strong start, it felt like the search just dragged on without much happening. Then the ending went from 0 to 100 and was VERY intense - I know it's a harsh reality of the real world, but definitely puts this book into the older YA genre (for example, I'd recommend this for high schoolers, but probably not to most of my 7th-8th graders). Overall, this was a single-sitting read and I'll be keeping my eye out for Jayne's future books!

DNF at 15%. I just couldn’t get into it. I didn’t care what happened to Diana. And I didn’t care about if Lia would find out the truth.

I have read another book by this author "What happened on Hicks Road" so I was already anticipating a suspenseful, high energy, psychological, mystery, thriller. It lived up to the expectations. From the very start this story pulled you in and made you question all relationships and all reality. It is a captivating read. It is hard to put down so you may want to put aside some time to read it all at once.
This author has written some other books that I will now have to go back and read!
Enjoy!

this was a decent read. keep in mind that this is a YA, so if reading about teens going through something would be a bit too immature for you... then you wouldn't enjoy this as much. i personally love reading through different genres, so this was no biggie for me.

i will say that the first half was a bit slow, but things really pick up halfway through and you can't put it down from that point on. there's a lot of suspense and intensity throughout the story. i'd highly recommend this to those who enjoy thrillers for sure. i would say that there are some elements that could've been added to make it better. like stepping up the thrill a notch, a couple scary action to the plot. but as is... it's okay.

thank you to NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read this book. i received this book as an ARC. all thoughts and opinions of this book are my own, and i leave this review voluntarily.