The Agathas
Ratings13
Average rating3.8
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Ratings13
Average rating3.8
‘Part Agatha Christie, part Veronica Mars, and completely entertaining.’ Karen M. McManus, author of One Of Us Is Lying The most popular girl in school is dead. And everyone’s blaming the wrong guy. After falling from grace last summer, Agatha Christie-obsessed Alice Ogilvie needs to stay out of trouble. While smart and reclusive Iris Adams just wants to get the hell out of Castle Cove. But now they have a murder to solve. There are clues the police are ignoring, a list of suspects a mile long and some very dangerous cliffs. Amateur detectives Alice and Iris are about to uncover just how many secrets their sleepy seaside town is hiding…
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2 primary booksThe Agathas is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson.
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I enjoyed all the references to Agatha Christie and other mystery series. There were plenty of secrets to uncover by several characters. I liked the way that they built Iris and Alice's friendship. I was able to figure out who did it before the reveal, but not too much before the reveal.
Normally I never rate a book as low as 2 stars, but between the cringy dialogue, the extremely predictable murderer, and the fact that the MCs both had “secrets” they were keeping from the reader that had nothing to do with the plot and once revealed they weren't surprising anyway because I had time to figure it out on my own, I lost interest in this book around 30% of the way in.
The first part was great, and I was intrigued enough to hope it would get better, but it was just lackluster for me. Although, I do suspect that if I had read this at 12 or 13, I would have loved it. The premise is fun, the main characters have a lot of potential for younger readers. It just wasn't my cup of tea.
This book is very YA. If you're into that thing or have an incredible ability to ignore how nothing happening is realistic for anyone with life experience go for it. It was overall fast and cute, but could have done without the epilogue. Can we stop summarizing what happened in the book and calling it an epilogue?
