It has all the elements of a nice young adult novel. Plus the mystery shade.
A new girl comes in town. She has moved right nextdoor, in the same house where Luca's best friend used to live before the curse would kill her. Luca knows it was the curse, even though nobody believes in it. Or they probably do, but just do not want to show they do. Luca is supposed to hate the new girl. She won't replace Polly, but damn she is beautiful and damn she has a crush on her, a big one.
The style is clean and the dialogue fierce and fast paced like any young adult novel is nowadays. I liked the area of mystery that surrounds Polly and her death.
What i did not like are a couple of things. One, the unclear genre. This is supposed to be a thriller from the description at least, but this talk of the curse makes me think that there might be a supernatural element, so maybe fantasy too? That would be a shame.
Two, the names! It took me a while to understand that Luca is a female name. Not clear at all. And of all town names, it had to be Parris? Again, it took me a couple of reads to be sure it wasn't the capital of Paris.
But overall, i would keep reading this book!
A new girl comes in town. She has moved right nextdoor, in the same house where Luca's best friend used to live before the curse would kill her. Luca knows it was the curse, even though nobody believes in it. Or they probably do, but just do not want to show they do. Luca is supposed to hate the new girl. She won't replace Polly, but damn she is beautiful and damn she has a crush on her, a big one.
The style is clean and the dialogue fierce and fast paced like any young adult novel is nowadays. I liked the area of mystery that surrounds Polly and her death.
What i did not like are a couple of things. One, the unclear genre. This is supposed to be a thriller from the description at least, but this talk of the curse makes me think that there might be a supernatural element, so maybe fantasy too? That would be a shame.
Two, the names! It took me a while to understand that Luca is a female name. Not clear at all. And of all town names, it had to be Parris? Again, it took me a couple of reads to be sure it wasn't the capital of Paris.
But overall, i would keep reading this book!