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Sixteen-year-old amateur sleuth Roxie is shrewd, nimble, cunning, and only a little bit damaged. She also has a real knack for finding things, making her the perfect go-to detective for her rich classmates at St. Margaret when they’re looking to retrieve the things they’ve “lost"— no questions asked. So when queen bee Kirsten Montgomery-Wiggins pays Roxie a hefty sum to track down a mysterious blonde who “stole” her phone, Roxie accepts. Although Kirsten and Roxie have bad blood between them, Roxie could really use the cash. But that same night, Roxie finds Kirsten murdered in her mansion, and police zero in on her as a prime suspect.

On the outskirts of town in a trailer park, Inez, a part-time maid and part-time sex-worker, keeps finding blood everywhere. Crusted in her earring, threaded into her shoelace. She should really toss her shoes so there’s nothing to tie her to the body. How could the night have gone so wrong? She really thought she was working her way to a better life, but now she could be headed to jail if the wrong someone puts two and two together.

Roxie doesn’t know who she’s looking for and Inez doesn’t know who she’s hiding from. But all roads seem to lead to Montgomery House, as Roxie works to clear her own name and Inez attempts to stay one step ahead of the law and the men who hurt her.

Short and Sweet Review

That Kind of Girl follows Roxie someone who prides herself on being a sleuth and finding items for her classmates. When popular classmate Kirsten pays Roxie a lump sum to find someone Roxie agrees to meet with Kirsten to learn more information. When Roxie shows up to Kirstens house she finds her murdered and Roxie becomes the prime suspect. We also have Inez who is a maid and a sex worker and everywhere she looks she finds dried blood and she knows she should get rid of the evidence before someone ties her to the body. Roxie isn’t exactly sure who she’s looking for but all the evidence points to one place and Inez is trying her best to stay one step ahead to avoid capture.

This is a book I didn’t enjoy. We have Roxie who has a reputation for being able to find things hired by popular girl Kirsten. Kirsten wants Roxie to find a girl who could possibly have her phone, when Roxie goes to Kirsten’s house to learn more information she finds Kiersten murdered. Roxie ends up being a suspect because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and she also has a history with Kirsten. Inez is a maid and also a sex worker and at times I thought this book could be a New Adult just because of that fact and we also got her POV. The plot was okay but I thought it could have been better executed. My biggest problem with this book is that it was trying to come off as something complex but it just made things more confusing. Not only is Roxie trying to solve Kirsten’s murder but her great aunt also left her clues for a scavenger hunt and this was something I didn’t care for, I thought the murder and the Roxie trying to find Inez was enough. Inez also has some dark secrets she’s hiding. I didn’t care for either character, I didn’t connect with them and they sounded too similar to each other.

Overall, I really can’t say much about the book without spoiling it. I just know that this book wasn’t for me. The synopsis made it sound interesting but the book was the opposite and was one I had to push myself to finish.