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| The Secrets of Lily Graves by Sarah Strohmeyer
Published by Balzer + Bray
Released: May 13th, 2014
Paperback, 298 pages
Reviewed by: Angela
4/5 Stars
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Growing up in a house of female morticians, Lily Graves knows all about buried secrets. She knows that perfect senior-class president Erin Donohue isn’t what she seems. She knows why Erin’s ex-boyfriend, hot football player Matt Houser, broke up with her. And she also knows that, even though she says she and Matt are just friends, there is something brewing between them—something Erin definitely did not like.
But secrets, even ones that are long buried, have a way of returning to haunt their keeper.
So when Erin is found dead the day after attacking Lily in a jealous rage, Lily's and Matt’s safe little lives, and the lives of everyone in their town of Potsdam, begin to unravel. And their relationship—which grew from innocent after-school tutoring sessions to late-night clandestine rendezvous—makes them both suspects.
As her world crumbles around her, Lily must figure out the difference between truth and deception, genuine love and a web of lies. And she must do it quickly, before the killer claims another victim.
Review:
I just literally suck so much at guessing the killer when it comes to mystery books.
I'm not really into these kind of books, the "someone's been murdered and let's go find the killer 'cause that's totally not dangerous" sort. But lately, I've been reading A LOT of these kind. I worry for my sanity. It's gets a bit predictable, it all follows the same formula. Girl has been found murdered, everyone suspects this guy, the mc tries to find the killer, everything seems to be solved until a big plot twist at the end. All the books follow the exact same formula. I really enjoyed this author's previous books, so I kinda had to read this.
Other than lacking in originally of structure, the book overall was enjoyable enough. The writing didn't get dull, and was mixed in with some humour here and there. The aspect of morticians was a fresh take. I mean, I don't think I've ever read another book featuring them. Well, I haven't read too many books. But it was kind of creepy. Not really into cemeteries and skull rings.
I can't say I loved the romance aspect, but it was cute. The love interest didn't show up until the latter half of the book. What. The flashbacks were fun to read, though in real life, they didn't seem to have that much chemistry. It was all "we both really like each other but we just will not show it" kind of love yenno? This is a good story if you don't really go into detail and think a whole lot about it, not in depth anyway.
angela
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