Girl, 11

I saw this book today in a video from a content creator and what called my attention to it was the Booktoober saying how much representation this book had and how some aspects of it were usually not talked about in mystery thriller, and to be honest I was intrigued there.

I listened to this audiobook in one sitting.

The cast and sound effects were on point, all the voices were good and it was a huge part of me enjoying it so much.

But the writing in this is good. It's not flowery or convoluted, it goes straight to the point but it is smart in the way it feeds you clues. I never felt I wasn't supposed to guess what was happening, it was like the author wanted me there, even if I saw what was going to happen before the protagonist.

I do like the representation in it. I like the fact it is pointed out more than once racism, xenophobia, and misogyny in our society and most important in the justice system.

But honestly what hooked me from the start was the characters. I know many reviews state they didn't like El, but I did. I loved her relationship with Martín, and him personally. Her friendship with Sash, Nathalie, Tina, and Ayaan was complicated and somewhat shaky but I also could feel what the writer intended when doing the connections.

Yes, the last quarter is less credible and developed but it doesn't take the brights spots of the book for me, it is a solid 4 stars, and I will read her next book.