Dead Girls Don't Lie

I absolutely, positively loved this! Let me tell you why.

1) The emotions were so well developed and captured! While I was consistently looking forward to the mystery unraveling, I was also tugged by the grief, guilt, and other emotions Jaycee was feeling and the moments of tender romance between her and Skylar and also the companionship and shared guilt between her and Eduardo. It was really, REALLY, well done.

2) The mystery unfolding perfectly, the “who dun it” was answered SO well and we got to hear Rachel's voice throughout the novel and feel her emotions too, it was really spectacular.

And finally, this is what pushed the rating to 5 whole stars because I honestly feel that authors writing in a teen's POV have an immensely hard time with this:

The character acted her age. It was extremely realistic, but it wasn't annoying. When she made mistakes I sympathized with her because I understood and it was TRUE TO HER CHARACTER. I feel like authors have the tendency to betray the character to push the story along, but Jaycee was very well done.

Loved this book :) It'll stay with me for a while.