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Three Drops of Blood by Gretchen McNeil Published by Disney-Hyperion on 3/21/23
Genres: Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, Young Adult
Pages: 315
Format: Ebook
Source: Reviewer Purchase
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Being an actress, Kate is no stranger to drama. And when her chance at a leading role gets cancelled, she is willing to do whatever it takes to get her acting career back on track even if that means getting a boring office job at her best friend's father's law firm so she can prove to her parents she can to support herself rather than go back to high school. Now, rather than living life on the big screen, she is stuck filing mundane contracts and watching the people in the office across from hers live their equally boring lives. But when Kate sees things heat up between a woman and her assistant, her new source of entertainment take a turn for the worse when she witnesses a double murder. Now, she must get anyone to believe her and find out who this mystery woman is to get answers. But as she learns more and more about the circumstances leading to the gruesome act, she begins to realize there is a bigger mystery under the surface... In this voyeuristic thriller filled with twists and turns, can Kate get anyone to believe her before she becomes the next victim?
Short and Sweet Review
Kate is an actress but after a scandal the show that she’s on gets canceled. Kate is now stuck working an office job its pretty boring, but when Kate sees an office worker and her assistant spice things up she becomes interested. Kate ends up witnessing a double murder, but no one around seems to believe her. Now Kate has to find out who this woman is and get proof that these murders happened.
Kate wants acting to be her career, but after the cancelation of the show she was on her parents except her to go back to high school and go down the academic path. Kate is determined to get her career on track but in the mean time she ends up working at a law office after hours filing papers. This is when Kate sees the women in the other office live her juicy life and Kate takes interest because it’s not everyday you see someone have an affair, but things take a turn for the worse when Kate witnesses the double murder. The book is interesting because the murders don’t happen until 60% through so Kate basically has to try to convince everyone around her that she’s not crazy. The book mainly focuses on Kates failed acting career, and also the fact that she’s plus sized. We also see the strain between her and her friend Rowan and a romance between Kate and Rowans brother Ty. I would have enjoyed the book more if the murder took place earlier, because the point from when the murders took place and the end of the book everything felt so rushed and a little unbelievable. It was interesting to see what got Kate into the office job but I wish we could have stopped focusing on the acting career because nothing was working out for Kate. The one thing I did like was Kate learning that adulting isn’t easy and neither is show biz.
I usually love books by Gretchen McNeil, but this book was not it. The plot that is introduced in the synopsis doesn’t take place until after the halfway point and the beginning of the book is slow and when things do pick up it seems unrealistic.
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