Gina Rae Mitchell

You’ll Be The Death Of Me by Karen M. McManus | My Review of the #1 Best-Seller!

A book blog tour from The Write Reads.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Dave & the Gang at The Write Reads for providing me with the information for this tour.

Book Details

You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus
Published by Penguin on 12/02/2021
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Family Life, Friendship, Psychological Thriller, Teen, Thriller, Young Adult, Suspense
Format: Audiobook, eBook, Hardcover, Paperback
Pages: 400

From the author of One of Us Is Lying comes a brand new pulse-pounding thriller. When three old friends re-live an epic ditch day, it goes horribly-and deadly-wrong.

Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Back in middle school, they were best friends. So, when Cal pulls into campus late for class and runs into Ivy and Mateo, it seems like the perfect opportunity to turn a bad day around. They'll ditch school and go into the city. Just the three of them, like old times. Why did they stop hanging out, anyway?
As soon as they pull out of the parking lot Cal knows why. Ivy's already freaking out about missing class, and heartthrob Mateo is asleep in the backseat, too cool to even pretend like he wants to be there. The truth is they have nothing in common anymore.

At least they don't until they run into the fourth student ditching school that day. Brian "Boney" Mahoney is supposed to be accepting his newly won office of class president. Which is why Ivy follows him into an empty building, only to walk into the middle of a murder scene. Cal, Ivy, and Mateo all know the person lying on the ground of that building, and now they need to come clean. They're all hiding something. And maybe their chance reconnection wasn't by chance after all.

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My thoughts on You’ll Be The Death Of Me

You’ll Be the Death of Me is billed as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off … with murder.

It is definitely all that and more. You couldn’t have a worse day than Ivy, Mateo, and Cal. The former best friends decide to skip school and recreate what they remember as their best day together. It turns into anything but a great day.

The story is told from the POV of the three main characters, which leads to different perspectives on the same details. There is something very nostalgic about friends trying to regain the feelings they once had for each other. Secrets always drive a wedge into friendship and they are each keeping important secrets.

The pace is fairly steady with the mystery building page by page. There are quite a few coincidences that seem a bit convenient but definitely add to the story. Because ultimately this is a fictional tale meant to entertain the reader.

The mother/grandmother part of me was a little horrified by the circumstances the trio find themselves embroiled in, starting with not being missed when they slipped away from an 8th-grade class trip and ending with them held hostage by a drug dealer as high school seniors.

However, that isn’t the point of this review. The focus is on the readability and entertainment factor of the book. The author grabs your interest and keeps it from the opening page to the last, making you care intensely about the characters.

As far as I know, this is a stand-alone novel, but the ending leaves room for a sequel.

If you have read other McManus books, you will certainly enjoy this one. If You’ll Be the Death of Me is your first experience with the author’s skill at twists, turns, red herrings, and suspense, you are in for a wild ride.

I received a copy of the book for the tour. This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.

I also reviewed the following book from Karen M. McManus

THE COUSINS BY KAREN M. MCMANUS | REVIEW

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