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Eighteen-year-old Addie Blackwood regrets nothing more than one horrible, mistake-filled night last summer. Hours after she hurled the worst words she could think of at her sister, Fiona was found dead at the bottom of a ravine.
The police ruled her death an accident, but Addie’s never bought it. Her ballet-prodigy sister didn’t slip and fall; she was pushed. And Addie’s number one suspect: Thatcher Montgomery, the rich kid down the street who always had a thing for Fiona.
But when Thatcher is found dead in the same ravine, Addie must admit she was wrong. And now her only ally (and alibi) in catching the real killer is none other than her childhood frenemy, Seth Montgomery—Thatcher’s cousin and the boy she’s always loved to hate. Arguing with Seth is easy; working with him without thinking of that night last summer, near impossible.
As Addie and Seth dodge corrupt police and Seth’s even more corrupt family, their investigation pulls them closer than ever before. But as they approach the explosive and murderous truth, their growing bond may not be enough to keep Addie safe—in fact, it may turn her into the next victim.
In this twisty, pulse-racing enemies-to-lovers thriller,
the only thing that burns hotter than the long summer days is Addie’s rage . .
. and desire.
The small town of Bier’s End is rocked by the death of a
promising young ballerina named Fiona who was destined to attend the American Ballet
Academy. With no reason to suspect murder city officials classify the death as
a suicide/ accident and the town starts to pick up the pieces. The only problem
is Fiona’s feisty younger sister Addie is convinced that it wasn’t an accident
or suicide instead she thinks Thatcher Montgomery, one of the sons of affluential
wealthy family is to blame. The only problem with her thinking that Thatcher
was the one to kill her sister is that he ended up dead the following summer in
the same exact manner. With her top suspect dead Addie is forced to look at
friends and enemies as suspects.
Together with their childhood nemesis and one-night stand
Seth Mongomery, she tries to piece together clues to solve her sister and Seth’s
cousin Thatcher’s’ murders. Addie thought working with Seth to solve the
murders would be easy, but nothing is easy when memories of that hot summer
night a summer ago are burning beneath the surface.
However, in small town cops are corrupt and secrets get
buried and people trying to discover the truth end up dead or disappear. Just
when Addie and Seth think they have figured out who killed her sister and
Thatcher they are blindsided by another clue and sent a whole different
direction.
The Girls Who Burn is the ultimate whodunit that
will keep you guessing until the murder is finally revealed. This enemy-to-lovers
page turner will keep you enthralled until the last page.
This is my first book by debut author MK Pagano, and it
won't be the last, as I look forward to reading more of her in the future.
Thank you to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Penguin Young
Readers Group/Nancy Paulsen Books for sharing a digital copy for my honest
review.
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