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Seventeen-year-old Kim gets more than she bargained for when she is set up for murder. Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying, E. Lockhart, and Gillian Flynn. 17-year-old Kim never expected to plot a murder. But that was before her boyfriend dumped her for another girl. Now, Kim’s stuck on a class trip to London with him and his new soulmate and she can’t help wishing he was a little bit dead, even if she’d never really do that. But when Kim meets Nicki, a stranger on the plane who’s more than willing to listen to Kim’s woes, things start to look up. Nicki's got a great sense of humor, and when she jokes about swapping murders, Kim plays along—that is, until Kim’s ex-boyfriend mysteriously dies. Blackmailed by Nicki to fulfill her end of the deal, Kim will have to commit a murder or take the fall for one.
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0 0This was so not what I expected it to be and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised.
Even though I marked this as a thriller, it was more psychologically tense and slow-paced. I rather liked how the author created an unreliable narrator - we think the MC is a good guy, but the more we learn about her, we see she's not all that nice. I found her to be quite unlikeable actually XD Anyways, I still enjoyed reading from her perspective. All secondary characters were interesting as well because they were portrayed as real people - they were all "grey", not evil but not really good either. My fave was Alex - my precious little baby ♥ He was so "adorkable" and I just wanted him to be happy.
When it comes to the mystery, I think it was well done. The beginning might be a little slow, because we don't know anything yet, but the more information we get about Nicki, the more interesting it gets. Honestly, she was such a fascinating character and if it weren't for her, this book would be a 2 star read for me but instead, I gave it 3.5 stars. The ending was also completely unexpected and I loved it, although I wish we learned more about what happened to the characters afterwards, but oh well...
Basically, what I liked: Alex, Nicki, the ending + the whole book is filled with little lies and unreliable people
What I didn't like: the MC was sometimes too unlikeable for my taste + I wish there was an epilogue or something + the MC sometimes made stupid decisions + now that I think about it, we don't get almost any information until about 70% + the MC cried every 10 pages -.-
A decent book if you're looking for a different mystery read that focuses more on the characters than the action :)
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