This was a really good story. I was pleasantly surprised by the twists and turns and trying to figure out what would happen. I love when a book keeps me thinking like this one did.

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. These opinions are completely my own.

I love this genre of YA novels. The twist and turns mixed with the high school drama and personalities make a very fun time for the readers. Perfect for the cold days of winners

I was not a fan of this. All of the POVs sounded the same, it was hard to tell who was who. The main characters were also very unlikable.

I don't always go for YA books, but I am glad I pursued this one. "The Debutantes" follows the perspectives of multiple debutantes discovering some hidden truths of the "debutante world". The comparisons to Pretty Little Liars are the best comparisons, and I highly enjoyed the storyline (and plot twist) in the book.

A twisting popcorn thriller with a picturesque setting, The Debutantes is a perfect quick read for fans of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars!

I thought this was a fun read. I liked the New Orleans setting and thought this was interesting and compelling. The characters didn't really stand out to me and I found it kind of hard to keep track of each different girl. Overall I enjoyed this and would reccommend.

From the first couple of chapters, this book sucked me in and I found it hard to put it down. I love a good thriller, and I have been finding myself searching for new ones to devour more recently. I especially love stories where I can’t guess the plot twist coming, and this story succeeded in keeping me guessing from the start. The world building was immersive, and I can’t wait to read the next work by Olivia Worley.

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. It did take me a bit to get all the povs straight but I did I was sucked in. I really liked the New Orleans setting! The pacing was great - I never felt bored or like the story was dragging.

If you enjoyed The Counselor by Jessica Goodman and/or Pretty Little Liars you’d probably like this. The jester definitely gives off “A” vibes.

A lot of teen mysteries miss the mark but Worley did such a fantastic job. The teens talk like teens, the dialogue doesn't feel forced and the pacing really kept me on the edge of my seat!

I absolutely love Olivia Worley, and her first book was one of my faves, so I was very excited to see she had a new book out.

The best part of this book was the setting--it was so obvious this was a love letter to New Orleans, and that shone through on every page. The characters were real and complex, the mystery was compelling, and the pacing was perfect. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves mystery, New Orleans, and anything Mardi Gras themed!

This was a YA book that I read so quickly - finished in less than 24 hours. Full of mystery and thrill, it took me on a roller coaster.

Based in New Orleans during the debutante season, you realize that things aren’t as they seem. With one debutante that passed the year before, and another missing this year, three of the debutante’s are pushed together to find out what is lurking beneath what appears to be a shiny world.

This was such a fun thrill. I just loved following along, and was so shocked throughout. All of the twists and turns just surprised me, and I was excited to keep seeing what would happen next.

This is a perfect book for you if you like a book with unexpected twists and a surprising ending. A great YA mystery.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book, received from the publisher and author through NetGalley. However, all thoughts and views reflected are strictly my own opinions.

This was a pretty fun and clever YA thriller! However, it did take me a while to actually get into the book. There are quite a few characters with three POVs, so it can be quite confusing to follow at times.

I loved the New Orleans setting, and it was perfect for this story! It was also so interesting to learn about the debutante culture, as it’s not something I am familiar with as a Canadian.

This book was full of twists and turns, though it was predictable at times, and it will have you hooked trying to put the pieces together.

Overall, this is a great read if you like Pretty Little Liars or Holly Jackson novels!

This was a fun read!

I loved Olivia Worley's debut novel, and have been excited for this one. It was incredibly atmospheric, vibey, and downright chilling at times. I never felt entirely sure who I should be suspicious of, but I also wasn't as shocked by the twists as I wanted to be. This was fun and enjoyable, but not a story I'll have living rent free in my mind!

I really thought this book was going to be a home run for me buuuut overall it fell flat. I found myself getting confused with all of the jumping around and it just did not live up to the hype that I had built up for it.

To be honest this was a DNF for myself. I don’t mind a YA but I felt like this teetered a line of could be adult due to some themes but it just wasn’t for me. It was well written though

I thought this was going to be a solid 3.5, but I'm rounding it up to 4 based on the twisty ending.
I liked the New Orleans setting and the ominous "things never stay buried in this city" that was referenced throughout. This is a solid YA thriller that I think fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus would enjoy. It also had some cult vibes which I wasn't expecting!
My only real beef with this book was that it was a slow read for me and it was hard to keep the characters straight (but that could be a me problem)
Overall, I enjoyed and I'd read this author again!

3.5 stars

This is a YA thriller set in New Orleans' traditional debutante scene, which sounds so fun I just had to pick it up. The Les Masques Ball is the event of the season, but has a darker legacy lately. Last year's queen turned up dead the day after the ball, and this year's queen is now missing. Three girls who aren't close but have secrets that overlap with the queen's team up to try to find her--dead or alive. They uncover more than they bargained for as they realize the roots of the traditional Southern organizations around them are actually super patriarchal and nefarious. 

This was a cool concept but I didn't find myself very invested in the characters themselves and kept having to check who's POV I was in because they sound pretty similar. There was a twist I didn't see coming but it wasn't my favorite resolution, so while I had fun reading parts of this and it was a unique setting, it wasn't a new favorite. I'd definitely recommend this to teens, though, as it's world does stand out from a lot of YA thrillers I read and it had some interesting and important commentary. Thanks to the publisher and the author for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

highly suspenseful and kept me on my toes the entire time, a really thrilling peek into the lives of the New Orleans elite through the lens of teenage debutantes who are just trying to survive the parental pressure to be perfect and successful, with a dead girl and a missing girl - the three debutantes left are forced to band together to protect themselves and help find the missing girl - it gives John Green's Paper Towns if Paper Towns were a thriller, in the best way

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a readers copy of this book. My reviews never contain spoilers and are freely given.

Set in the New Orleans debutante world, this YA mystery is enjoyable. A debutante queen is found dead, ruled a suicide. The following year the new Queen goes missing. Three friends of the missing girl decide to investigate the disappearance and make discoveries that will rock their entire community.

A book that any mystery fan will enjoy.

Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for the ARC! 💗
i didn’t expect to love this as much as i did, but WOW. it gave me pretty little liars vibes in the best way, and i was SO here for it. this book was exactly what i needed to get out of my reading slump. a fun, fast paced story with great characters. both the pacing and the ending were spot on, and the characters felt super well written and developed, which made me enjoy it even more. definitely recommend this one, and i’m already excited to read what olivia worley comes out with next.
thank you once again to Netgalley and Wednesday Books!!!