People Like Us by Dana Mele

People Like Us by Dana Mele
Published February 27th 2018 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
384 Pages | Goodreads

Description: ❝Kay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet, but the past is past, and she’s reinvented herself entirely. Now she’s a star soccer player whose group of gorgeous friends run their private school with effortless popularity and acerbic wit. But when a girl’s body is found in the lake, Kay’s carefully constructed life begins to topple.

The dead girl has left Kay a computer-coded scavenger hunt, which, as it unravels, begins to implicate suspect after suspect, until Kay herself is in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. But if Kay’s finally backed into a corner, she’ll do what it takes to survive. Because at Bates Academy, the truth is something you make…not something that happened.❞

MY RATING: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

REVIEW

Ever since I read One of Us is Lying, I’ve been looking for another YA suspenseful read and this one fit the bill.

Going in I figured out the culprit but that didn’t diminish my enjoyment one bit, I really had a good time with this book. The characters are compelling and complex. There is LBGTQ representation and lots of boarding school drama and murder to keep things interesting.

The story takes places (mostly) in a boarding school and it is told from the point of view of one character. You might enjoy this book if you liked One of Us is Lying or We Were Liars.

Overall, this book was entertaining and fun (in a murderous sort of way), I recommend it to readers of YA, thrillers, and contemporary fiction.