Ratings:
Star Rating: FIVE STARS
If This Book Was a Movie Rating: PG-13
Review:
not me unintentionally reading a book about dead homecoming queens during my school's homecoming 👀
i swear i'm sort of normal 😊😊
i'm also currently procrastinating on homework, so i'll keep this review a tad more succinct.
Ellery and Ezra are the Corocan twins, siblings that live every day hoping that their addict single mom Sadie Corocan comes home every night.
Usually she does.
But one night, Sadie crashes into a jewelry store while drunk and high. She's sent to rehab while the twins are sent to live with their maternal grandmother in the sleepy town of Echo Ridge.
But Echo Ridge has a history; a rather bloody one.
Twenty years ago, Sadie lived in Echo Ridge with her twin Sarah. Sadie and Sarah were inseparable. They were happy. They were popular. But on the night that Sadie was crowned homecoming queen, Sarah disappeared.
She was never seen again.
Needless to say, Sadie was devastated. Within a few months, she left Echo Ridge and her old life behind. Years later, when Ellery and Ezra started asking questions about Echo Ridge and their dead aunt, Sadie refused to talk about any of it, especially Sarah. Said she didn’t want to remember.
But then five years ago, homecoming queen Lacey Kilduff was found strangled to death in Murderland, the town’s horror amusement park. The main suspect was her boyfriend, Declan Kelly, but there was never evidence strong enough to arrest him. Declan left Echo Ridge soon after.
That was the last mystery of Echo Ridge.
Until this year.
Someone’s been leaving up ominous red signs, one of them saying, <i>I’m back. Pick your queen, Echo Ridge</i>.
A teacher was killed in a hit and run.
Malcolm Kelly, Declan’s little brother, keeps being caught in suspicious situations.
Vivi’s acting strange and bitter, while Brooke’s depressed and drinking.
Declan and Daisy, Lacey’s best friend, are both back in town after five years.
Corocan twins are living in Echo Ridge for the first time since Sadie and Sarah.
And then another girl disappears.
But this time, Echo Ridge is not letting another daughter vanish without a chance.
OMIGOSHAHHDFHSDIHFDSOODISFJH
I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH
IT RANKS ON MY BEST MURDER MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME LIST
The absolute ✨skill ✨ it takes to run two people’s stories and perspectives (YES it’s dual perspective ;) and then to drop clues to THREE different mysteries from different decades at the same time is just JAW DROPPING BONE CHILLING AMAZING.
*squeals in pure and utter joy*
very honestly speaking, this book was a thousand times better than One of Us is Lying. i was even one of the ones who really liked One of Us is Lying, and Two Can Keep a Secret was LEAGUES better.
one of the main things that really set Two Can Keep a Secret apart was the characters.
I loved the characters. I loved how cracked and broken they were. How they didn’t come from perfect families. How they made many, many mistakes. How they grieved for those they lost, but they also let it fuel their desire to find the killer. How they overcome their pasts.
our two MCs (that each have their POV ahh no im still not over that yet) are Ellery and Malcolm.
have I mentioned how much I love them?
Ellery’s read hundreds of crime novels and binge watched true crime shows. She's done everything to try to make some sense of the tragedy. The disappearance that stole her mother's spirit and drove her to drugs.
Malcolm’s messed up from being the younger brother of Declan Kelly, suspected murderer of Lacey Kilduff. He’s never had a good relationship with his brother, his father left, and his mother was too grieved to support their family. The only reason the Kellys even have a roof over their heads is because Peter, the town mogul, fell in love with and married Malcolm’s mom. Peter's presence has stoppered the worst of the accusations, the glares, the whispers.
because in Echo Ridge, the Kellys are guilty until proven innocent.
*takes deep breath*
AHHHHHHHHHHHH SO GOOD.
final thing and then I’m gone. A lot of people extol the wondrous beauty of a book’s first line.
However.
Let me tell you.
That last line.
THAT LAST LINE.
that last line chilled me to the bone.
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Recommendations If You Liked This Book:
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson★★★★★
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