Spring break is a vibe—until someone gets murdered
Partying with popular classmates they barely know is not what Eva and her BFFs had in mind for their spring break. But things have been off ever since Miles' academic career took a turn for the worse (they don't talk about it), so a trip to a private beach lodge might be exactly what they need. And Eva won’t admit it, but the chance to reconnect with Colton is worth putting up with Piper’s constant livestreams to her thousands of “besties.”
At first, it’s all sand and waves, but tensions run high when an anonymous letter shakes up an already-flailing love triangle.
When someone turns up dead, Eva can’t even trust her closest friends—but she thinks she can trust Colton. As they get closer to the truth, they uncover secrets that upend everything they thought they knew about their fellow spring breakers.
Two groups of vaguely connected friends all go together to an isolated cabin for spring break. One is a wannabe influencer who manages to annoy everyone at various times; when she turns up dead everyone has a reason to be suspected, and to suspect the others. With everyone hiding something, the real killer is not easy to find...
It's an interesting idea for a story. It didn't work for me for a couple of reasons, but other readers wouldn't have these problems;
Too many characters for me. I find it hard to tell people apart without a visual reference, and there are nine main characters here, with varying levels of connection and history and interconnections. Towards the end it was getting better, and as I say other people wouldn't have this problem.
Time jumps. The novel starts with the death and jumps back to the days leading up to it, but several of the chapters also go back in time to events that happened varying amounts of time before the main action. It's a lot to keep track off and I found that, without meaning to, I was skimming some of those flashbacks.
The writing is good, though, and towards the end I was caught up in the tension and revelations. I enjoyed this, but I probably won't go back and read it again. I think other readers will enjoy it far more than I did and I look forward to reading other reviews.
Bad Like Us publishes on the 25th of April, 2024. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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