Bury the Lead

by Mischa Thrace

[Joni Reads]

I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick fun YA mystery. Content warning-mention of suicide and drug use.

I feel there was a good amount of diverse rep in this book also. The main character, Kennedy, is asexual. Her best friend- The Watson to her Sherlock if you will- is mentioned as having brown skin and hints at being nervous to make the police mad when they go to speak to them at one point in the story. Kennedy's younger sister had an accident and is now a paraplegic. The disability rep was awesome. I almost forgot she was paraplegic until it would be mentioned in passing- talking about her wheelchair being removed from the car or something like that.

The actual story was mainly told in Kennedy's point of view but a few chapters were told from the perspective of the killer. That formatting can be annoying sometimes but with this book it really helped me become invested in the mystery. Every time I read a chapter about the killer I would make new guesses about who it was. Let me tell you- I was way off. I was kept guessing until the very end which is always impressive for a thriller.

The reason this is four stars is because the end seemed rushed and a little to convenient. I'm mot disappointed in it persay but I just think it was lacking something.

Overall though I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend to fans of Kara Thomas or just YA thrillers of any kind really.