OK OK so I'm not a big mystery reader but I like Stacey Lee's historical fiction and I like Old Hollywood type stories, so I was in for this. And I loved the Chow sisters so much and all the Hollywood details. BUT like. On the rare occasions that I do read a mystery, I'm not usually one to pick up clues or like, try to solve along with the mystery. But this one REALLY ANNOYED ME because.
in literally the first chapter, Gemma talks about Lulu's famous Noir Red lipstick and how she had to have it specially made for her because of her shellfish allergy! The girlies all know about this! Then when she's dead they make a point to be like "wow her lips were puckered like a kiss when she died, how mysterious"! And like if your thing is going to be, 'teen girls solve the case bc white adult police don't care,' I'm so on board with that premise but c'mon the teen girls would have cracked that lipstick clue WAY SOONER!!! Frustrating!!!!
However everything aside from that was enjoyable.
