Sixteen year old Kait Lenox has a reputation as
the weird girl in her high school, mostly because of her ex-best friend turned
mean popular girl, Ariel, but maybe it has a little to do with the fact that
Kait has a hobby crashing funerals. At one of these, Kait is outted by the most
popular guy in school, Ethan Ripley. Yet, instead of humiliating her for all
the world to see, he asks for her help, and Kait finds herself entangled in a
murder mystery. Not only is the thrill of the mystery exciting, but more importantly
Ethan knows her name! A little sleuthing is well worth that!
Kindle Version
This is a story that was sent to me by the author
herself, and I was very excited to read. Unfortunately, it has taken me about
10 times as long to finish than it would for me to read a regular book. Why is
that? The plot was actually very interesting and unique. It’s about this girl
who is looked at as a freak because of her weird hobby of crashing funerals. On
one of her little trips to a funeral she runs into the hottest guy at her
school, and her lifetime crush. It turns out that his sister died of heroin and
the brother thinks there was some fowl play. He, with the help of the girl,
Kait, start to investigate the mystery of the sister and 3 other girls' deaths.
Seems interesting, right? I thought it would be too.
Just not the way it was written. I mean that in a way that the writing style of
the author was not something I personally enjoyed. I couldn’t keep up. The only
way I can explain it is like this: it was like reading the thoughts of someone
else, unfiltered and with no direction. Any little thing would distract Kait.
It was actually dizzying to keep up. She would be talking about the murder and
then the guy and somehow it would go to her ex-best friend and end with a peanut
butter and banana milkshake. It was exhausting, that’s why it took so long for
me to finish it. It was like looking through the mind of a little girl that
would get distracted by anything and everything. I really wasn’t eager to
finish it. I hate to say it, but I believe this was why I am so behind in my
reading. The last 6 chapters or so were the most interesting because the
mystery was wrapping up. I am only being honest that from 1-10? I give this
story a 3.5
