But fate decides otherwise, doesn’t it?

A friend of hers goes missing, and his brother begs Pip to find him. He’s been beginning to act weird and then goes missing.

Pip doesn’t want to investigate, but the deepest part of her convinces her to do so.

So she does, leaving another Dadadaaaa mystery to solve, and like the first case, she stirs up in town because of her trying to solve the case. And once again, she kicks up dirt that was hiding other secrets of the town.

In the midst of it all, she finds herself, her true self, but at the cost of something she will never be able to forgive or forget.

Once again, the person whom I thought was going to be convicted WAS NOT IT AT ALL, but as soon as it was revealed, I was like OHHMMAAGOOSSHHHH this makes so much sense. Holly Jackson was planting the seeds, and we didn’t even notice until we got stabbed by its thorns

Guys. This book was SO GOOD! Once again, Holly Jackson does the incredible job of confusing the reader and making it seem like every person could be guilty, planting seeds throughout the book. And it’s not until the end, until all the hints and all the puzzle pieces come together to make sense.

Overall, it was an extremely satisfying, gut-wrenching, heart-pounding, and emotional book, leaving me concerned and wondering what is next for the last and final book of the series.

Age Range

Personally, I would not recommend this book for elementary or middle school readers, as it does contain some foul language and touches on terms such as drug use, drug abuse, alcohol, rape mentions, and gun violence.