Short and Sweet Review Winners & Liars combines an inheritance competition with a murder mystery, making for a fun and entertaining YA read. After the death of their beloved mentor, Professor Darnley, Derin and her university prep group arrive at his estate expecting to celebrate their futures. Instead, they discover they’ve been named competitors in a […]
Short and Sweet Review Our Wicked Gifts was such a fun surprise. The combination of a wealthy family with supernatural powers, a murder mystery, dark magic, and a morally gray cast immediately pulled me in. It gave me Knives Out meets The Inheritance Games with a gothic fantasy twist, and I loved unraveling the secrets […]
Short and Sweet Review What Happened to Those Girls was a fun, suspenseful YA thriller that kept me guessing from beginning to end. The story follows Emma, who has always been the outsider in her friend group. After her friends exclude her from a camping trip she originally planned, they are found dead the next morning. […]
Short and Sweet Review Blue Beach was a compelling blend of historical fiction and murder mystery that kept me invested from beginning to end. Set in 1929 Santa Monica, the story follows fifteen-year-old Blue Collins, whose family owns Blue Beach, a safe gathering place for Black families during segregation. When Blue and her friend Ben […]
Short and Sweet Review In Case I Go Missing follows Fenny after her best friend Sarah suddenly disappears. Sarah has always been the bold, reckless one in their trio the self-appointed detective constantly digging into other people’s secrets, while Fenny stayed in the background beside her. But when the police brush Sarah off as just […]
Short and Sweet Review Virginia heads to Florida to spend the summer with her grandmother Lainey at Castle Claude, a bold pink condo full of retired theater lovers who entertain themselves by acting out elaborate murder mystery games called Killing Me Softly. What starts as a fun getaway quickly turns complicated after the death of […]
Short and Sweet Review Avery invites her roommate to spend the summer at this super exclusive, rich-kid getaway, but nothing feels as perfect as it should. Her ex won’t let things go, her best friend is acting weird, and Nora is asking way too many questions. It quickly turns into one of those situations where […]
Short and Sweet Review Lying About Last Summer follows our main character, Skye heads to a remote summer camp for teens dealing with grief after losing her sister Luisa in a tragic accident the year before. Her parents hope the camp will help her heal, but things take a strange turn when Skye starts receiving […]
Short and Sweet Review Stevie’s superstar older sister is back in town to kick off her concert tour. When the concert starts and Blair doesn’t start singing people immediately realize something is wrong. Blair was murdered and Stevie is determined to figure out what happened. Blair Baker has been murdered minutes before her concert. Her […]