One of Us Is Dead

One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was basically a five star read. I'm not a fan of the spice, so it's a 4.75.

I couldn't put this book down. The first couple chapters, I was reading other books at the same time, but that quickly changed. This book had my whole focus. It felt like watching reality TV or reading a gossip magazine.

One of Us Is Dead is about members of Buckhead's social elite who will do anything to stay on top. The wives all hang out at a very exclusive salon and basically have their own version Housewives of Buckhead. From the title and from the beginning of the story it is clear that one of the housewives we meet is in fact in the present, dead. Throughout the book, hints are dropped as to who died, why, and who killed them. Maybe it's because this was my first thriller/mystery, maybe I'm just not good at puzzles, but I didn't see the ending coming. I mean, that's a good thing. It's not fun to know how the book is going to end before you get there.

I will say, I see this book being listed as a thriller, and I'm not sure I get that. I would say more of a literary fiction/mystery type book. I don't know, I need to read more thrillers to be able to know what makes a thriller a thriller.

I'm putting this book down as a guilty pleasure. It is one that you read and you just hate the characters, but at the same time, you can't wait to see what they do next. I think that's one of the reasons I read it so fast, the characters were doing so many unexpected things and really just had such life to them, that I felt emotionally invested in their lives. I am rambling, but I just finished the book, and my mind is still processing. I should probably have written this after I had sat with my thoughts for a while, but here we are.

As a last thought, I was really worried when I got close to the end. I was worried that the ending was somehow going to be a let down. That last line was amazing. It was the best way the book could have ended.

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