I really enjoyed the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, and this novela was a great prequel into the world of Pip. Super cute mystery, super entertaining read. Thank you for the opportunity to preview it.

Summary:
Kill Joy by Holly Jackson is the prequel to her bestselling trilogy a Good Girl's Guide to Murder, and takes place in the final days of summer before Pip's senior year.

When one of Pip's best friends calls the group together for a 1920s-themed murder mystery dinner party, Pip is less than thrilled. She still needs to find a topic for her senior thesis, and the idea of dressing up as a flapper to solve a fake murder sounds as exciting as watching paint dry. But being the good friend she is, Pip dons a sparkly dress and feathered hair piece, ready to spend one last night of vacation with her friends. Yet once the game is afoot, Pip is swept up in the theatrics Connor and his older brother Jamie have prepared. Pip takes each clue seriously, avidly taking notes and observing her friends' facial expressions for clues. After all, there are six suspects, and only three hours to solve who murdered Reginald Remy.

As the minutes tick by, Pip's mind wanders, equating noises outside to thieves attempting to break in, and a power outage with sabotage. With the fake murder of Reginald Remy on the table, the five-year-old murder of Andie Bell begins to linger in Pip's mind. Supposedly Sal Singh, Andie's boyfriend, killed the seventeen-year-old girl, but Pip has never been truly convinced.

Will Pip successfully solve Reginald Remy's murder and win the game? Or will the night's shenanigans lead her down a different path?

Thoughts:
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is one of my favorite series of all time, so when I saw Holly Jackson had written a novella, I was elated. Although I was disappointed to not receive any closure regarding Pip and Ravi, it was great to read about how Pip first became interested in the Andie Bell case, as well as a glimpse into her life before she was the detective we know and love. I'll always and forever read anything Holly Jackson writes, so Kill Joy was no disappointment!

As a huge fan of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series, I was thrilled that Holly Jackson wrote a novella about a fun Murder Mystery Party attended by Pip and her friends.

This novella is a prequel to AGGGTM. It introduces the reader to Pip and how her mind works. It’s no wonder she becomes an amateur sleuth!

I loved the Clue like vibes and would love to attend a Murder Mystery Party!

This is must read for all fans of the series and is a great complement to the series for those who have not read them yet.

**3.5-stars rounded up**

Kill Joy is a super cute prequel novella in Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series. The events of this story all take place on one night and it's a fun night indeed. The setting, a Murder Mystery Party hosted by Pippa's friend, Connor, and his brother, Jamie. If you've read the entire series, you may recognize these two names from Book 2, Good Girl, Bad Blood.

I am huge fan of this series and was very happy to get to spend a night with Pip and her friends. Do I think this is necessary content? No, I don't, but for long-time fans of the series, it's enjoyable content. Not only is it a quick, fun read, I also definitely walked away with a better understanding of Pip's inspiration for her Capstone Project, the impetus for all the action in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

Thank you to the publisher, Delacorte Press, for providing me with a copy to read and review. I will never turn down a story featuring Pippa Fitz-Amobi.

This gives a cute glimpse of what a murder mystery party looks like. Pip s extremely likable and it left me wanting more. I wish it was not a novella but had more plot outside the murder mystery.

A prequel with Pip?!

Yes please!

This was a quick read but gives insight to Pip before she was solving cases. I loved it. A fun night and mystery.

Read this if you are having Good Girl’s withdrawal like I am!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read and review.

This was so much fun. Finishing the trilogy last year left me sad and missing Pip and her dramatic life. This was the perfect revisit to Pip’s mystery solving in such a fun way.

Loved the mystery, all of the characters being back were great, and the build up to the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder events were perfect. This was very reminiscent of Knives Out or Clue. Just can’t emphasize enough how fun this little novella was.

Thank you to Netgalley and Delacorte Press for the advanced copy!

I had really high hopes for this book. I ended up paying for the kindle version when it came out because I was having a hard time accessing the gifted copy from NetGalley. Anyway, I really do want to read Holly Jackson’s other books in hopes that I’m missing something. I will say, this book really did have me hooked because I was invested, but, the ending really threw me for a loop. It was a short read.

This was a fun little novella! I loved getting to see Pip solving a mystery again. It didn't add much to the original trilogy, but definitely worth the read if you liked AGGGTM! 3.5 stars

This was a fun novella. It's funny that with each book written in the series, I like Pip less and less. I feel if this would have come out before book 1, I would have never read the series.

But overall it was fine.

It was a good short story for teens. I enhoyed It since I have read the good girl series. Great novella to read in one sitting.

This is a great prequel to "The Good Girls Guide to Murder". A quick easy read that explains Pip's reasoning and fascination with solving the towns unsolved murder.

I have to say that I LOVED this whole series and was extremely excited when I received a copy of this book. I like how it ends on a cliffhanger, allowing the reader to want more. For me, mystery dinners have never been something that I've been interested in, so I didn't enjoy much of that, but tried to keep an open mind. I love what Ms. Jackson did with the book. I just wish this would have came out before everything else.

I’ve heard so many good things about AGGGTM, so I was over the moon to get a chance to start fresh with the prequel, Kill Joy (a novella) by Holly Jackson. I’m also a huge fan of all Thrillers. While YA Thrillers are not my typical genre, I found this to be refreshing and reminiscent of playing Clue as a kid.

Being entirely new to the series, Kill Joy helped introduce me to Pippa’s world of mystery and sets the stage for Pip’s future escapades. This was a quick and easy read that has inspired me to finish the remainder of the series.

I’ll most certainly be looking to add a Kill Joy physical copy to my collection!

Huge thanks to NetGalley, Random House Children's, and Delacorte Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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4⭐️

A fun short story that has me excited to finally read this series. It’s thrilling and leaves you on the edge of your seat even though it’s just a fun murder mystery game. A good quick read!

I love Novellas! I also love when you get a prequel novella, really setting the stage for the series to come, and this is EXACTLY what this did. In addition, this prepares the reader for the series to come in addition to developing Pip as a character.

What a brilliant novella to introduce Pippa and the Good Girl’s Guide to Murder books. I had missed these characters since finishing the series, and this was great to revisit them. All of their personalities really came out in such a short story and the ending leads directly into the beginning of the first book! I was so excited to get the chance to read this, and the plot was so fun. A murder mystery dinner, which Pippa of course takes way too seriously! Highly recommend for any fans of the series.

I was missing Pippa so badly so I JUMPED at the chance to read this. This was such a cute enjoyable read about Pippa, before she started her podcast and solving major crime, she attended a murder mystery party set in the 1920's.


This prequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder was nothing like what I had expected and that made it even a better reading experience for me. Pipp and her friends each play different characters as they try to solve the mystery.
The mystery itself was fun and thrilling and the way it was all put together SO SMARTLY. The best part for me was, of course, just seeing Pipp work her magic again.

Overall, if you loved the series, this is a must read to revisit your favorite characters.

I love this whole series and loved this book! The sweet tension because I know what has happened in the series and the comments citing stuff that has occurred in the other books was perfect! Such a fun book with tension and a great back story to why Pip got the idea in the first place!

After having read the whole A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series, I was very excited about this prequel. I thought Holly used this book to set the scene for the events in the rest of the series without giving too much away. It also made me start looking at murder mystery kits because I want to throw a party like the one in the book!