Lynn Weingarten is a writer and editor. She is the author of Wherever Nina Lies, The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers, The Book of Love, Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls, and Bad Girls with Perfect Faces. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
"Pulse-pounding mystery . . . Weingarten keeps the tension taut . .
. readers will be draw to the well-written and well-rounded
characters--even the supporting players. Thoughtful and
provocative, this will be a hard book for teen readers to put down
until the thrilling, twisted end."-- "School Library Journal"
A taut, sophisticated thriller.-- "BCCB, starred review"
Despitenot having talked to Delia in over a year, June is
devastated when she hearsthat her former best friend has committed
suicide. She's also suspicious, though: there's no way that Delia
set herself aflame in her stepfather's shed, since fire was the one
thing that scared the normally fearless and fierceDelia. She joins
Delia's most recent boyfriend, Jeremiah, in a search for cluesto
what they believe is Delia's murder. Their investigation uncovers
some ofDelia's seedier activities over the last year, but
ultimately, June's hunt foranswers points toward the one person she
thought she could trust the most. Thebook earns its dramatic title,
both in the plot's hairpin twists and theportrait of an intimately
toxic relationship between two desperate girls, illuminated through
flashbacks that add dimension to both characters. Deliaseems at
first to be a typical manic pixie dream girl, but she is far
moreclever and manipulative than June gives her credit for. June's
also obliviousto her own malleability when it comes to Delia--she
is comfortably ensconced inDelia's shadow when they are friends;
unmoored but relieved in theirseparation; and guiltily determined
in the aftermath of Delia's death, butnever once does she realize
that Delia is always the motivation behind herbehavior. Weingarten
is acutely aware of pacing--each plot turn is followed by areprieve
that allows readers to settle into a new theory about Delia's
fateonly to have their assumptions upended once again. A taut,
sophisticatedthriller, this will find an audience with teens who
appreciate labyrinthineplots and ambiguous endings.--BCCB, *STARRED
Review* "September 2015"
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