Truly
Devious | Maureen Johnson
| Harper Collins| Pub: 1/16/18
“We have a limited emotional vocabulary. We’re
indoor kids.”
I have been in such a mood for mystery books
and Truly Devious did not disappoint in the mystery department! Truly Devious
flip flops between 1936 and present day at Ellingham Academy. In 1936, Ellingham’s
family was kidnapped along with a student who was just minding her own business
reading. Come to present day, Stevie is accepted into the academy because of
her obsession with the crimes there of 1936. As Stevie tries to solve the crime
in the first book, bad things start to happen, and a student is dead. Has Truly
Devious made their return or is it a coincidence?
I enjoyed this book because you really can’t
tell who is the “bad guy” so far. Apparently, we don’t find much out until book
3 which I am completely okay with because of how well this is written. Stevie
is also a great character. She has really bad anxiety which is addressed
throughout the book. She has to deal with a new school, new people, romance, and
sometimes she doesn’t know how to handle that.
Truly Devious left off on a super cliffhanger.
I am about to start The Vanishing Stair (book 2) right now and then I will be
calling our local bookstore when they open to see if they have book 3. The store
is supposedly open for 4 hours today so I am really hoping I can snag this
book. When they all end in cliffhangers, I can’t wait to start them, has to be
immediate.
If you love YA books and mysteries that take a
while to figure out and aren’t super obvious, you’ll enjoy this book
Synopsis (Credit: Goodreads)
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