Dig Two Graves

My tentative goal for October is to read only thrillers/murder mysteries/dark romances/paranormals/etc (unless my mental health kicks up a fight about it). I'm starting with Gretchen McNeil's "Dig Two Graves."

["I did my part, BFF. Now it’s your turn.

Seventeen-year-old film noir fan Neve Lanier is a girl who just wants to be seen, but doesn’t really fit in anywhere. When Neve is betrayed by her best friend, Yasmin, at the end of the school year, she heads off to a girl’s empowerment camp feeling like no one will ever love her again. So when she grabs the attention of the beautiful, charismatic Diane, she falls right under her spell, and may accidentally promise to murder Diane’s predatory step-brother, Javier, in exchange for Diane murdering Yasmin. But that was just a joke…right?

Wrong. When Yasmin turns up dead, Diane comes calling, attempting to blackmail Neve into murdering Javier. Stalling for time, Neve pretends to go along with Diane’s plan until she can find a way out that doesn't involve homicide. But as she gets to know Javier – and falls for him – she realizes that everything Diane told her is a lie. Even worse, she discovers that Yasmin probably wasn't Diane's first victim. And unless Neve can stop her, she won't be the last."]

Gotta be honest, this book didn't pick up until Yasmin turns up dead (correction: until Neve gets the the text to fulfill her end of the "Strangers on a Train" deal). But after that? I couldn't put the book down (stayed up waaaaay too late to finish it).

Neve sounds fucking iconic with her noir obsession and old-school fashion choices; so of course, no one in her high school understands. She's stronger than she realizes, even if she continues to trust the wrong people. 

Diane is...messed up (again, just being honest). She appears to be to kind and happy and bubbly and popular, and she wants to befriend (maybe more?) Neve. When the tables turn, her psychopath tendencies really pop. 

This book was table-turning at each new chapter (and until the very end). It was a thriller without the horror and a murder mystery without the gaslighting. Complete recommend. ;)

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