Throwaway Girls

3.5 stars
review to come on my blog!

likes
- lgbt+ rep in a mystery/thriller
- social commentary on who is considered a “throwaway girl”

dislikes
- pretty slow moving until the last bit
- no motive or reasoning is ever given for the killer
- everything just felt so messy and I was confused for most of this; I felt like I was plopped down into a story that had already started and wasn't given enough backstory/info to catch me up
- one of my least favorite twists/tropes - we're reading from two perspectives & don't know who the second is and the people in both perspectives are the same person but go by different names.. bleh

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, the plot is very original and the characters are interesting and well-rounded. I immediately fell in love with Caroline and it's mostly because of her that I didn't DNF, because I wanted to see more of her. However, the writing often left me feeling confused as to what was happening. It took me several chapters to understand that there were multiple POV and that Livie and Caroline were the same person.

I wanted to like this book so bad, because it had all the right elements: a bi protagonist, a mystery to be solved, careless parents and ‘problematic' girls. Sadly, it didn't completely capture my attention, even though I enjoyed the final twist and the ending.

Thanks again to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an early copy.