The Other Lola is the sequel to Missing Clarissa. While I think you could read this without Missing Clarissa, and the author does summarize what happened, the references aren’t super redundant (like some sequels can be a mini recap for the first half), and the author starts off with characters on a first name basis, which might make jumping in tough.

Blair and Cam reunite to find yet another missing girl - but without the podcast twist. This wasn’t groundbreaking or earth shattering, but I enjoyed the story, and was eager to see if my suspicions were correct (they were not! So good job Ripley Jones!)

This was still super woke, but I’m glad to see cam has been working on herself. She was much less obnoxious of a character this time around!

A good easy read!

I was so excited to see that there was a sequel to Missing Clarissa coming out. The Other Lola was written and well paced. I enjoyed the long winding path that we were sent down to get down to the truth. I'm invested in Blair and Cam now, so hopefully we get at least one more book to see what's next for them! :) As an 8th grade educator, this is definitely a series I will recommend to my mystery loving kids.

*4.25 stars

Another pallet cleanser for me after reading some heavier content the last few months. A follow up to Jones’s Missing Clarissa this YA thriller follows a high school freshman, Mattie, that is sure that the woman who shows up saying she is the sister that disappeared 5 years earlier is not who she says. Mattie enlists Cam and Blair, the sleuths from the earlier book to figure out what happened to Lola and prove there is an imposter living in their house.

This is a true YA who done it. With twists and turns that are pretty obvious, but fun when the reader decides to let the story go where it goes. In true YA fashion every string is tied up at the end in a pretty bow. The characters are interesting and well written, including multiple representations of queer characters who face some bigotry, but also have support and love to be the valuable humans that they are.

Overall, fun and exactly what you expect and want in a YA thriller.

This was a sequel to Missing Clarissa. You do not need to read Missing Clarissa to read this one but I would read Missing Clarissa because it was a lot better than this one. I don't think there was enough in this one. It was pretty slow-paced with a couple of surprising twists.

We know from the beginning that Lola went missing and now has shown back up again. Her sister, Mattie, doesn't believe it is her so she enlists the help of Blair and Cam to help since they figured out the case on Clarissa. Lola's family is very suspicious and some things don't add up.

Not a lot happens in this one so the love story between two of the characters was the most interesting until the last 10 minutes of the book.

"The people you love the most are the people you can trust the least". This YA sequel to Ripley Jones's thriller, "Missing Clarissa", will keep your curiosity peaked til the end!

Lola went missing and has returned. But Mattie Brosillard, her sister, is the only one who believes its not really her. This is not Lola. Yet everyone is acting like she is. Mattie can't turn to the police, but there are two people who know how to handle a situation like this. Last year, Cam and Blair accidentally rose to fame with their "Missing Clarissa" story, but there was great cost to their families and their safety. They vowed to never help out with anything like that again. But, Mattie is pleading for their help. Something is definitely wrong in the Brosillard house. And IF this isn't the real Lola, then Blair is hellbent on finding out what actually happened. And with new secrets swirling between Cam and Blair, the stakes are higher than ever.

Inés Del Castillo is absolutely brilliant in this Macmillan Audio read. She captures every character with realism and believability. I adore listening to Macmillan Audio books. The narrators are always 5-star.

Though I completely bought in to the concept of this sequel, I struggled with the pacing and focus of the writing. It felt very much like it was one level the whole time with complete focus on investigation. While I love a good Watson and Holmes style, this one felt void of the thrill. The duo- POV of Cam and Blair was helpful, but this mysterious Lola hardly appears at all in the entire story. I believe her point-of-view is given in the beginning once. I would have loved so much more! This moving-from-witness-to-witness style did not make for very high stakes.....UNTIL THE LAST FEW CHAPTERS. The last quarter of this book is incredible! Overall, this is an engaging story for young adults and I really would love to see this as a movie.

Thank you so much Macmillan Audio, Ripley Jones, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

The Other Lola was a lovely mystery solved by two teenage girls who are best friends. The narrator was great.

DNF at 30%. I really liked Missing Clarissa so was looking forward to this one but this story just didn’t work for me. It is very slow going and at 30% I feel like I’m slogging through it. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the free ebook and audiobook to review.

My review is spoilery, so be warned.

It was a good enough read. And the narrator was fantastic. However, they could've skipped the whole "Lola coming back" storyline and it would have been the same. Even better actually, because honestly what are the chances of a grifter looking 100% like someone else? Nil. Mattie could've asked Cam and Blair for help finding their sister and it wouldn't have changed a thing.

Thank you to MacMillan for the audio review copy of The Other Lola by Ripley Jones. This is nicely narrated by Inés del Castillo though I think the book could benefit from mutliple voice actors to give more of a voice to the main characters. Inés del Castillo does an excellent job differentiating Cam's voice and Blair's voice so it's not a comment on the strong acting they provide!

Strong audiobook performance and a plot with a lot of potential, a really great story and also interesting ways to explore depth with Cam and Blair. What is missing for me is the tension, the suspense, the really getting drawn into the mystery itself, that never quite happens for me, things happen and there is no real sense of stylish plot development. It misses the sense of drama, the unease, and real depth of trauma that is presented but never really addressed... what makes similar series like this work (such as Good Girls Guide to Murder; Truly Devious series).

In this spin off of Mossing Clarissa we rejoin Cam and Blair. This time they don’t have a podcast, but they do start looking into a case when Mattie Brosillard approaches them about her sister who has just returned after being missing for five years. Together, the three of them look into Lola’s disappearance and return uncovering secrets that might have been better left undisturbed.

When I picked up this book I just knew it was by the same author and Missing Clarissa not that it had some of the same characters, so I was pleasantly surprised when I started reading. I enjoyed this book from the very beginning and was pulled into this new story, even though the podcast angle was gone in this book. I really like the characters of Cam and Blair and how they feed off of each other and drive the story. The mystery in this book kept me guessing until the very end and the twists and turns it took kept me interested. Some of the new characters weren’t my favorite, but I didn’t enjoy the addition of Mattie. Overall, this was an entertaining read that held my interest the entire time. If you are looking for a good YA thriller, I think this one is worth a shot!

This is a sequel to Missing Clarissa, and although you don't necessarily need to read it first (the mystery is a standalone), the characters continue and there are total spoilers for Missing Clarissa throughout the book.

Cam and Blair are finally feeling out from under the shadow of what happened with their podcast, but Cam especially is feeling a lot of panicky PTSD-like effects. When they are approached by freshman Mattie Brosillard to help with something, Blair is interested but Cam wants to stay far away. Five years ago, Mattie's sister Lola disappeared without a trace, everyone around her dismissed it as Lola running off, but Mattie doesn't believe it. And to complicate matters: Lola has recently returned. Everyone is happy to have her home except for Mattie--who thinks this "other Lola" is an imposter. Can Cam and Blair figure out if this person really is the actual Lola?

The Other Lola is a bit more of a slow burn than Missing Clarissa. The mystery to me actually took a back seat to all of the other issues going on: Cam and her relationship, Cam and Blair getting ready to graduate, Cam dealing with PTSD and not wanting to tell anyone, Blair getting approached to write a book and trying to decide about college, etc. It was nice to get closure on the characters and I don't really feel like we need another book featuring all of them again.

I listened to this as an audiobook and I felt like the "they/them" pronouns used for Mattie were incredibly overused, almost seemingly to make a point. Maybe I could have skipped over them more easily on the page, but in the audiobook they really stood out and made it confusing whether the author was referring to Mattie as "they" or Cam and Blair as "they" and there were times that both occurred in the same paragraph. Often Mattie's name could have and should have been used, but no, we had to get one more use of the pronouns in for good measure. And I felt that Blair's insta love with Mattie's brother was not believable at all. However, I am SO thankful that the narrator pronounced "Hoquiam" correctly in this book. Bravo to whoever listened to the feedback last time.

I did like the mystery surrounding Lola and the ultimate way everything was explained. I thought it was very clever and other than the semi eye-rolling climax to the story, the way things played out were fairly believable.

This was an interesting YA novel and those who enjoyed Missing Clarissa will like it for the way it wraps up the characters' stories and it may introduce new readers who want to meet the crime solving duo.

The Other Lola is a fun YA thriller that is easily bingeable. It is not labeled as the second in a series but honestly you should read Missing Clarissa first, there are so many references to it in this book that you'll definitely benefit from reading it first.

I love the dynamic YA detective duo Cam & Blair they're so much fun to follow in their shenanigans. The characters are not much developed in this novel, I think new readers starting with this one will end up not connecting to the characters. Unlike Missing Clarissa I found this one to be a little slow, I was wondering when the twists would happen.

I do believe the author tried to do too much but didn't have enough substance to make for an intriguing plot. Was it fun, definitely, was it entertaining, definitely! Do I think this follow up was necessary, not really, but I still had fun with it.

🎧 The narration by Ines Del Castillo was great, I thought she did a great job with the characters, in portraying their emotions and in keeping me invested.

✨️Thank you to @netgalley & @macmillanaudio for my free ALC in exchange for an honest review.