The It Girl

3.5 ⭐️

I wasn't wowed. I wasn't shocked and I wasn't thrilled but I did find this to be an interesting read with an unpredictable ending.

At her first year at Oxford Hannah develops a fast friendship with her roommate April Clarke Clivedon. By chance at dinner they meet Will, Hugh, Ryan and Emily and form a tight-knit friend group. But,at the end of the term Hannah comes home to find April dead.

Ten years later Hannah has moved forward with her life despite the pain and grief. She's happily married to Will and they're expecting their first child.

Then she learns that John Neville the man convicted of April's murder has died in prison she finally feels the past is done and dusted and she can finally move on.

That's until a journalist reaches out with evidence that John Neville may have been innocent. Hannah becomes determined to uncover the truth once and for all. As she reconnects with her friends and digs deeper into April's mysterious death Hannah begins to realize that maybe she doesn't know her friends as well as she believed. And maybe just maybe they're capable of murder.

This mystery thriller is most definitely a slow burn. It didn't feel action packed and it took its time building and establishing the story. Maybe too much time at some points. For example the “will I won't I” , “should I shouldn't I” back and forth with Hannah regarding deciding whether to look into April's death took more time than we needed.

Ware did a good job of throwing suspicion at multiple characters making it impossible to accurately pinpoint who the culprit could be. I truly suspected everyone at some point. Well everyone except the actual killer because I had that figured out all wrong.

And the conclusion was ok. It wrapped everything up. We identify the actual killer and get a makeshift motive as to why they did it.

Overall, this book was good I was invested til the end and liked the story but it just didn't stand out to me.