The Legacies is a crime young adult thriller that reminds me of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars. Each chapter is told from the point of view of one of the legacy nominees who hopes to achieve the dream of being part of the club of high society.

Read this book if you enjoy:
Manhattan Elite
Gossip Girl
Pretty little liars
Dual timelines
multiple character pov
dark academia
This one was a solid 3 for me as it was not my usual genre, and the thriller part felt more like a cozy mystery. I found it a quick read, perfect for the young adult crowd, but not a show-stopping story.

This is how my favorite YA Thrillers are done! The perfect amount of characters with twisted storylines and messy lives. I loved getting a look into each character's perspective and how their decisions played into the story along with switching back and forth between the timeline of before the final event and then after someone had been killed. I kept trying to guess who had been murdered, but I definitely got it wrong, but it was for sure satisfying. I loved all the drama. 4.5 stars for sure!

Legacies is a classic Goodman read with Gossip Girls and Pretty Little Liars vibes. The writing style is intriguing, and the mystery keeps you guessing until the very end.

It had been a while since I read a teen thriller, but this book reminded me why I used to love to read this genre so much! The Legacies was definitely an entertaining read, and one with an unexpected plottwist!

This was an enjoyable YA thriller, but I found it frustrating that the victim's identity was kept secret. At the end of my day, not my favorite book.

I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. I have been trying to read more thrillers and this had a lot of what I look for in a quick read. It is all about an elite group that takes care of their own if one is lucky enough to get into the club. Six student are admit for a chance to join. Five where selected that people assumed would get in but not Tori the scholarship kid. It is told from a few different points of view. It will keep you guessing until the last page. It does switch between different points in time.

I didn’t really enjoy this one. I didn’t like any of the characters. The plot was convoluted and had too many things going on. Nothing seemed probable. I did not like the past/current setup and felt it took away what would have been more of a mystery like I was expecting. It left me completely uninvested. I wanted to get through it so I read it quickly, but it could have been shorter as some parts were very boring. Likely won’t read another by this author even though I didn’t dislike her previous book.

I would like to start of by saying thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the privilege of receiving this eARC.

This book had all the required essentials.
Intrigue and mystery, suspense and drama, elite society, glitz and glamour all served up on a silver platter. Privilege and wealth collides in this perfectly curated world of corruption and deceit.
This book delivered on my expectations and then some. The perfect combination of Pretty Little Liars meets Elite.

I would again like to share my appreciation to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the advances readers copy in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Young Reader's Group for providing a copy of this eARC for review.

I really enjoyed this novel! So far, I've liked everything I've read by this author. In this novel, specifically, I appreciated the time jumps. They added intrigue and had two functions for me. First, they kept me engaged and added suspense where I otherwise may have taken more breaks while reading. Second, they were a natural stopping point for when I did take breaks. They added information and directed the mood and perception of the reader as we went through. I was never quite sure what would happen, and I think this is the sign of a good thriller. The characters were interesting to read about - flawed, sometimes unlikeable, and vaguely obnoxious. Which makes them incredibly believable. These are teenagers who have believed they were above the law, entitled to anything they wanted, and their likeability was not a foregone conclusion.

I will definitely be reading more by this author.

One of my favorite Jessica Goodman books! Fast-paced and thrilling, and the Gossip Girl vibes were on point.

Other people have McManus as their go to for YA thriller or mystery content, I have Jessica Goodman. I know that if Goodman is behind the pen then I'm in for a good time. She'll write a book that I'll want to see play out. It's never anything overly complicated, just compelling enough to spend the day with. It's the book version of a comfort movie that you can put on and have on in the background.

This time around we are following a trio of New York Prep School children chosen to be part of the elite social club. We watch as one of their parents goes missing and long buried secrets find their way to the surface.

Like the rest of Goodman's work the book doesn't overstay its welcome and I was invested from the first page. It does help that I'm a sucker for a story set in New York following children that have more money than a person should have, but even that wasn't necessarily the focus of this story. While I fully admit this won't be a five star for everyone, I do think that Goodman writes books that most people will at least enjoy and this is certainly no different.

In my opinion, this book was a bit slow at times. I enjoyed the book but I couldn't fly through it like I usually can with books from this author. The plot is interesting, but the characters made me cringe quite a bit. I couldn't for the life of me understand how some of the characters were thinking which made me annoyed. The ending was partly expected but mostly unexpected.

A thrilling, engaging, fun novel in the YA category. You are going to want more and wont be able to put down! I thoroughly enjoyed this novel more than you know!

A very engaging, well developed plot that sucks you in and leaves you gasping for more.. What a ride!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy of The Legacies by Jessica Goodman. My students cannot get enough of her books!

Really great book with amazing characters and a great plot. Was easy to get into and it was very engaging. This is a book that I can see a lot of people in YA enjoy.

When Tori Tasso gets invited to the super exclusive Legacy Club, she doesn't understand why or how. Her family is not powerful or rich, and she has no connections that would have landed her a place. As she continues to participate in the events leading to the ball for the club, she finds out that she has more connections than she expected and that this club hides more secrets than anyone could imagine. It's an intriguing and suspenseful thriller.

It was a quick read. It took me awhile to get into the story with trying to remember who all the characters were. The kids had secrets and their parents have secrets and this story follows along as the secrets come out. The characters weren’t so likeable.

This was okay if you're the intended audience. I've read Goodman's other books and I feel like they are so similar that if you've read one you've read them all. That being said, I think it's a safe recommend for YA fans looking for another thriller outside of Mindy McGinnis and Maureen Johnson.

Gossip Girl + Elite vibes >>>
The story and execution was perfect for a quick thriller read, but none of the characters were likeable :/