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Ellery and her twin Ezra move from Hollywood to Vermont after their mother winds up in rehab. Living with the grandmother they hardly know in a small town where everyone knows everyone else’s business would be enough of a shock, if she didn’t become embroiled in a decades old disappearance.
Malcolm is no strange to drama. His brother, the main suspect in a murder five years ago, makes Malcolm persona non grata, and a suspect when another girl goes missing.

Karen McManus’s sophomore effort exceeds her wildly popular debut ONE OF US IS LYING. From the first page of TWO CAN KEEP A SECRET, I was pulled into Ellery and her story. I thought about cancelling my day’s plans so I could read nonstop.

As a true crime buff, I identified with Ellery. Like her, I can become obsessed with the details of an investigation or other interest, and I’m sure others don’t always understand. Ellery is much braver than me. Malcolm was also an interesting character as were the minor characters.

I don’t want to say too much about the plot, but rest assured McManus crosses all her Ts and dotted all her Is when it comes to little and big details. The red herrings were real possibilities for culprits and just because people might not have been the murderer doesn’t mean they were decent or innocent of everything.

TWO CAN KEEP A SECRET is a must add for every mystery and psychological thriller lover.


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Two Can Keep a Secret Karen M McManus Books Reviews

One of Us is Lying was one of my favorite books from 2017. It was a no-brainer to buy Two Can Keep a Secret as soon as I got the chance.

I've been in a huge reading slump and Two Can Keep a Secret was able to pull me out of it for which I'm very grateful for.

Echo Ridge is a town full of secrets and known for the disappearance of two beautiful teenagers. Let me give you a little background on the main characters.

After their mother, Sadie, is sent to rehab for crashing her car into a tree, the twins, Ellery and Ezra will have to leave California and move in with their grandmother who lives in Echo Ridge. Ellery has always been drawn to true crime stories after Sadie's twin sister, Sarah disappeared as a teenager and was never found. Ellery believes the person who took Sarah might still be out there.

Next, five years earlier, the prom queen, Lacey Kilduff, was found murdered. Her boyfriend Declan was a person of interest and because of the way the town treated him, his father walked out on his family and Declan moved to another town nearby. This left Malcolm (Declan's younger sibling) and his mother by themselves until Peter, a successful attorney married his mother. Now Malcolm is living with Peter and his daughter, Katrin, who's Malcolm classmate. They are civil to each other but they don't like each other.

When the life of another teenager is on the line, Malcolm, Ellery, Ezra, and Mia will join forces to keep the people they care about safe.

Two Can Keep a Secret had a good narrative. I was interested in the characters and their fate. I was sure the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the two young women was related yet I can honestly say that I didn't guess who the culprit was until the very end.

The last line of the book is also a winner. What a great way to close the story!

Cliffhanger No

4/5 Fangs
I went into this book with high hopes because Karen is my favorite YA-Mystery writer. With that being said, I enjoyed parts of this book. The small town theme is something I liked and the homecoming theme. The characters were pretty good for the most part.

Now, I felt as if this book fell a bit flat for me. The main character Ellery, was interesting at first but became a little annoying with the Junie B. Jones act. There were so many useless characters that I got confused and had to start over and write them all down for clarity. Also, there were a lot of side stories to build up the mystery element, but if anything it just made the book more of a task to read than enjoyable. The ending was short lived and I was disappointed with it because I figured it out early in the first chapter.

Long story short, clear your expectations and just enjoy the twisty ride.

3.5 stars, looking forward to the OOUIL sequel. Karen’s still my favorite YA-Mystery writer, I have faith in her!
Ok, so this book wasn't bad at all. But I will say that I can see where it would not be for everyone. Having not read McManus' previous novel, One of Us Is Lying, but hearing great things about it I was excited to begin it. First of all the title had me thinking of Pretty Little Liars and the synopsis totally backs that up.

I wasn't disappointed with this book. I had heard that people thought it wasn't as good as the first. But I can see why. It is a basic YA mystery thriller. It reads like the script for a season of PLL. Now, for me this wasn't a problem. But if you're not a fan of YA or you're looking for something a bit deeper and edgier then this will likely not be your cup of tea.

I think it worked great for what it was. It is a quick and fun read. Parts of it are predictable and a little cheesy and cliche, but it's not aiming to be the next great thriller. It is a great palate cleanser between genres or after a deep book. And for that, I enjoyed it. I do wish we had half stars because I felt it was more of a 3.5, but I rounded up because it made me nostalgic for PLL.
Ellery and her twin Ezra move from Hollywood to Vermont after their mother winds up in rehab. Living with the grandmother they hardly know in a small town where everyone knows everyone else’s business would be enough of a shock, if she didn’t become embroiled in a decades old disappearance.
Malcolm is no strange to drama. His brother, the main suspect in a murder five years ago, makes Malcolm persona non grata, and a suspect when another girl goes missing.

Karen McManus’s sophomore effort exceeds her wildly popular debut ONE OF US IS LYING. From the first page of TWO CAN KEEP A SECRET, I was pulled into Ellery and her story. I thought about cancelling my day’s plans so I could read nonstop.

As a true crime buff, I identified with Ellery. Like her, I can become obsessed with the details of an investigation or other interest, and I’m sure others don’t always understand. Ellery is much braver than me. Malcolm was also an interesting character as were the minor characters.

I don’t want to say too much about the plot, but rest assured McManus crosses all her Ts and dotted all her Is when it comes to little and big details. The red herrings were real possibilities for culprits and just because people might not have been the murderer doesn’t mean they were decent or innocent of everything.

TWO CAN KEEP A SECRET is a must add for every mystery and psychological thriller lover.