The "must-read YA thriller" (Bustle) from #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying about a small town with deadly secrets.
"When it comes to YA suspense, Karen M. McManus is in a league of her own..." --Entertainment Weekly
Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows.
The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone has declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing.
Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she's in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous--and most people aren't good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it's safest to keep your secrets to yourself.
Fans of the hit thriller that started it all can watch the secrets of the Bayview Four be revealed in the One of Us is Lying TV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock!
I did not have high expectations when I started with this book. I was pleasantly surprised when I started reading, the writing style immediately threw me in the middle of the story and I was immersed in the world. It was an easy, fun read, and the mystery felt incredibly real. It did not feel like the most unique book, but it was a nice read. Until the very end and final plot twist. It felt utterly ridiculous. Let me get this straight, it made sense that it was Peter. However, after this was revealed, the story took a ridiculous turn, with Peter suddenly showing up with a gun like the ultimate bad guy and after three successful murders, he suddenly couldn't murder these two teenagers? Somehow he got away with three murders, but could not do this? It made no sense. It felt like a very easy way for the author to finish up this book since she obviously had no clue how she could properly end it. It felt rushed, it had all the clichés, and it did not make much sense. Unfortunately, that made this 3.5-star book a 2-star book.
