I am an avid fan of KMM. This book did NOT disappoint! I cannot wait for the next book to be available.

Thank you to Netgalley and the author/publisher for the opportunity to read this book.

I am a huge fan of this author and was very excited to read it. I really enjoyed this book and it didn't take me long to read at all. The mystery was good and I actually did not figure it out until they revealed the culprit. I look forward to reading more of the authors books in the future.

The first week of senior year finds two kids murdered in their dorm.
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Amy wakes up after a night of partying for Senior Week only to find her best friend and her boyfriend brutally murdered in their shared dorm at the elite private school they both attend. Liz hears about the case and breaks the story as the editor-in-chief for their school paper. Amy and Liz both want answers, but for different reasons. When eyes start to turn to Amy as the killer, the two team up to get the answers about what happened that night.
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This was such a great YA dark academia thriller by one of my favorite writers in this genre. I found the dual perspectives to help build the suspense, keeping me reading to see what happened next. I read this in one sitting! Students will love Jessica Goodman’s newest book when it releases February 4!

CW: blood, emesis, death, murder, violence, alcohol, classism, parental abandonment

Deducted 1 ⭐️ because I easily figured out the killer pretty early one

I have to admit I am a sucker for dark academia so this book was a hit with me. One of my favorite parts of this book is the short chapters that keep the story moving along. Both of the POVs are interesting. This book is very well paced and well written.

Thanks to netgalley for the ARC! I’m always looking for mysteries to recommend to my students as that’s a popular genre for them. This one didn’t disappoint, and I can see my students enjoying it. The book is told in alternating POVs of Sarah, the roommate and best friend of the murdered girl and Liz, a college journalist looking to make a name for herself. While I’m not sure the murder is very believable, this was a fun mystery with plenty of creepy twists that keep the reader interested. You’ll find yourself suspecting new people as Liz and Sarah do, and, even though I had a suspicion of who the murdered was, it was pretty well concealed until the end. There’s some good teen drama here, and the language wasn’t too bad in it with sexual situations not being graphic but referred to as “hooking up.” Overall, I’d say this is best for older MS to HS readers, and I went from 3 stars to 4, considering teens would like it a little better than I did. Its creepy and right up their alley!

This was really good book but some of the characters drove me nuts, lol. You’re rarely gonna love every character though, so that doesn’t take away from the story. What surprised me most was who the killer ended up being. I never had them on my radar b/c they just didn’t have a motive that was obvious. They seemed like a good person who wouldn’t have any beef with anyone and came across as completely trustworthy.

But that’s what makes a story good, when the bad character is so careful and does such a great job of building your trust and acting as if nothing happened. There are plenty of characters that are suspicious or untrustworthy to keep you on your toes, guessing who could be so callous and why they would kill 2 people. You find yourself loving and loathing different characters throughout the book as they mature and change. But it’s not until almost the end that you start to figure out who the killer is and what their motive was and that’s when things really heat up.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

*3.5! ⭐️

This book wins the award for THE most insane first chapter I think I've ever read. Like WOW. If you can go in somewhat blind do it!!

As a whole I enjoyed myself with this one! Personally connected with Liz a lot but all the characters felt fleshed out and had depth, even the ones who were dead lol. Honestly with most other books I read in the YA genre the characters can feel really trope-y. The mystery itself had some cool aspects, you’ve just got to suspend your belief a bit. That last 35% though? It took OFF. I did not put the book down, despite it being 1am and I having class the next day. I somehow guessed the plot twist (go me!!) but honestly it didn’t take too much away from the final act

Thanks net galley <3

Book:
THE MEADOWBROOK MURDERS by Jessica Goodman
Thank you so much PenguinTeen and Netgalley for the EARC (Feb 4)

Review:
5⭐
THE MEADOWBROOK MURDERS is an über twisted thriller that follows the m*rders of two students at Meadowbrook Academy.
Senior year. It's supposed to be a time for Amy and her friends Sarah to have one last hoorah before classes start. After a fight, Amy finds Sarah and boyfriend murdered. To prove her innocence, and get justice for her friends, a reluctant Amy teams up with Liz, uncovering secrets and lies worth k*lling for.
Hands down this is my favorite book that Jessica Goodman has written. From the very first page, there was no putting this down. I literally read over half of it without realizing, engrossed in the story a story of ultimate betrayal. This page-turner was dramatic, and while Amy and Liz worked to unravel the truth, the craziness of it all was more than I could imagine. And that whodunit. I called it---not exactly everything about the reveals, but as the m*rder was solved I knew it was [Redacted].
10/10 would recommend, and I cannot wait til February to read this again.

3.5 stars, rounded down.
I like boarding school mysteries and I love Jessica Goodman, so this was a win win for me. I liked that even though it was told in alternating first person POVs, each voice felt unique enough that I had no trouble differentiating between Liz and Amy. I loved watching the friendship between the two develop. While I found this kind of predictable (I thought the killer was pretty obvious from early on, though I didn't know the "why" until the end), I still wanted to find out how Liz and Amy would reach the truth.
Thanks to Netgalley for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Once i started, i couldn't put this one fown. Quick and easy read. I loved the short chapters. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

The Meadowbrook Murders

is an enthralling YA thriller with fantastic dark academia elements. It starts right off the bat with the worst imaginable happening to one of our main characters.

I really enjoyed the two main POVs and how they juxtapose each other. The writing is strong, with the author really conveying that strong sense of dread and ‘constantly looking over your shoulder.’

This isn’t a story with a happy ending and I like that the dread, the morose and melancholia sensation stayed present entirely throughout. It enhanced the eerie and the need to find out what really happened!

I’d recommend this read for fans of Pretty Little Liars and Ghosts of Harvard. 3.5 stars, rounding to a 4 🙂

First of all, thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy of The Meadowbrook Murders. For me, Jessica Goodman's books are either a big hit or a big miss. The Meadowbrook Murders was a big hit for me. I was invested from the beginning and taken by surprise a few times. When I read a murder mystery, I give it a few chapters and then make two to three guesses about who the murderer is. Was my guess in my top three for this book? No. It was my fourth guess, which is a mark of a story that keeps me, a person who has been reading mysteries at different levels for 30+ years, on my toes and invested.

Is The Meadowbrook Murders groundbreaking? No.
Is it fun? Yes.
Will I purchase it for our library? Yes.
Will I recommend it when someone is looking for something to read after they've ripped through all my Holly Jacksons and my Karen McManuses? 100%.

What a great read! If you need a YA thriller to binge, look no further!

#yathriller #meadowbrookmurders #nextgreatread #bingeworthy

All in all, the book was pretty good. It was definitely a page turner, leaving me wanting to ignore my real life obligations to figure out who did it and how we were going to find out - key factors in a thriller book.

The book was also fast paced and an attention grabber. It did include dual POV and enough twists and a creeping feeling to keep you on your toes and more specifically to keep reading!

This was a good YA thriller/mystery. I like how it jumped right into the murders. It was fast paced and bingeable!

While we jump right into the story of The Meadowbrook Murders, It took me a little bit to fully engage, but I'm going to call that a slow burn, since I really became completely enthralled by the second half of the book. I enjoyed the depth that Jessica Goodman gave her characters and the way that the story unfolded to keep the readers guessing, without completely throwing everyone for a loop. It was really well crafted and I'll be looking for more by this author!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this book.

It took me a while to get into this on, so give it a few chapters.after I got into it - wow!

It was amazing. You will love it - I promise.

Highly recommend.

This was a quick, bingeable read in a "dark academia" setting that still managed to feel cozy. I thought there were a lot of good twists, the chapters were the right length and had good pacing, and the characters felt mostly fully-formed, but there was a little something missing that would have made it 5 stars.

This murder mystery is set at a prestigious New England boarding school. Liz, the overzealous editor of the school newspaper and social outcast, is determined to uncover the truth about who murdered the popular couple on campus. She also hopes her reporting will land a prestigious scholarship to college. There are many twists and intense situations that keep the reader guessing.

This reminded a lot of Pretty Little Liars butin a good way.

Even your best friends hide secrets from each other its human nature to keep somethings to yourself.

I ha 3 theories on who the killer was and i was right on one of them its pretty clear who it is once everything starts to unfold and you start piecing everything together.

if you liked a good girls guide to murder then i think you will like this.