I've had this book for a looooong time, and, shocker, I finally got around to reading it. Here's Kara Thomas's "The Cheerleaders."
["There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook.
First there was the car accident—two girls gone after hitting a tree on a rainy night. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know why he did it. Monica’s sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they lost.
That was five years ago. Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders. But for Monica, it’s not that easy. She just wants to forget. Only, Monica’s world is starting to unravel. There are the letters in her stepdad’s desk, an unearthed, years-old cell phone, a strange new friend at school. . . . Whatever happened five years ago isn’t over. Some people in town know more than they’re saying. And somehow Monica is at the center of it all.
There are no more cheerleaders in Sunnybrook, but that doesn’t mean anyone else is safe."]
This one was pretty good! There was a lot of secrets and danger and sneaky meetings and lying. There wasn't any new murders, which surprised me a bit, but the novel still seemed relevant.
There were moments where you questioned everyone and everything, not quite trusting anyone (the narrator wasn't reliable (ya genre thing + her being blinded by trauma) but she was trustworthy). You thought you were onto something, only for that feeling to get dashed, again and again and again, until you were questioning even the minor-est of characters and re-questioning old suspects.
I liked how, if you followed the clues (and trusted your gut), you were able to guess (at least a little bit) the true murderer.
And the last chapter?!? I knew details weren't adding up completely, but I really didn't suspect THAT.
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