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A well-crafted, twisty thriller!
This Book Kills is a great, twisty YA thriller. I’d definitely place this on the younger side of the Young Adult genre. Perfect for fans of Truly Devious a... READ MORE
Sharp twist you won't see coming!
A really fun YA mystery with great characters, and a sharp twist that really surprised me. Absolutely brilliant!
Great for fans of Karen McManus, Chelsea ... READ MORE
Ravena joins YA Crime Writing Royalty!
As a HUGE fan of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, I was really excited to see a new debut with the same kind of vibe! This Book Kills follows scholarship kid... READ MORE
3.5 Stars
I really wanted to love this book - it had the makings of something incredible; however, for me it was only worthy of 3.5 stars. That's not to say I didn't... READ MORE
Synopsis
There's a murderer on the loose in an elite boarding school... But who is going to be next? This Book Kills is the YA thriller of 2023, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus.
I'll make it clear from the start: I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help. Well, not intentionally.'
When Hugh Henry Van Boren, one of the most popular and richest kids in Jess Choudhary's school, is found dead, the student body is left reeling and wondering who the murderer could be... Jess, a student under strict instructions to keep her record clean or risk losing her scholarship, finds herself at the centre of the investigation when it's revealed that Hugh died in the exact same way as a character in a short story she wrote. And then Jess receives an anonymous text thanking her for the inspiration.
With time running out, Jess knows if she doesn't solve this mystery she'll finally have something in common with Hugh Henry. She'll be dead too.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- ISBN: 9781803705415
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 24 mm
- Interest age: From 14 years
- Weight: 322g
- Languages: English
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View allIncredibly gripping
Wow, this was an incredible debut novel! The writing was phenomenal; the setting was very immersive and the perfect setting for a murder mystery. During on... READ MORE
Twisty, pacy fun!
Brilliantly fun, twisty and dark in all the right ways. I rarely root for characters like I did for Jess - I was totally invested in her story from page on... READ MORE
A really gripping boarding school murder mystery full of entitlement, gossip, secret societies and threats.
There's a really cool tone to This Book Kills. With it's sometimes larger than life, dramatic characters there's an almost light hearted feel to it. It's c... READ MORE
this was an incredible debut novel!
Wow, this was an incredible debut novel!
This Book Kills is a fantastic murder mystery set in a boarding school. It follows Jess as one of her classmates ... READ MORE
Fun YA Murder Mystery
I really enjoyed this fun YA murder mystery. The premise was great and stood out from some of the other boarding school based murder mysteries in the books... READ MORE
A witty murder mystery set in an elite boarding school
"I'll make it clear from the start: I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren.
I didn't even help. Well, not intentionally."
My thanks to Usborne Publishing fo... READ MORE
A great new voice in UKYA
I read This Book Kills by Ravena Guron in a few big gulps on a much needed weekend away, mostly in the bath where I cackled at Guron’s witty dialogue and t... READ MORE
Twists and turns galore
Jess Choudhary is an underprivileged scholarship student at a prestigious boarding school, where even the ‘new money’ students are looked down on. There’s ... READ MORE
Fantastic!
Jess Choudhary is a student at the exclusive Heybuckle school. As one of the few scholarship pupils she is under no illusions that she fits in- Indian, fro... READ MORE
Phenomenal YA Murder Mystery
Why oh why didn’t I read this book sooner??
It’s phenomenal!
I’ve not read many YA Murder Mystery books, but I love the whole murder mystery genre and t... READ MORE
This was by far one of my favourite reads of YA in such a long time!
First things first: this book had one of the best narrators I’ve read in a long time. Jess had this witty humour as she told the story of how Hugh Henry Va... READ MORE
A thrilling murder mystery!
My immediate thought was if you enjoyed Netflix’s Wednesday then I think you will love this murderous mystery too!
The main character Jess is on a schol... READ MORE
Young adult thriller
"I'll make it clear from the start: I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren.
I didn't even help. Well, not intentionally."
Jesminder (Jess) Choudhary is one... READ MORE
A really gripping boarding school murder mystery full of entitlement, gossip, secret societies and threats.
There's a really cool tone to This Book Kills. With it's sometimes larger than life, dramatic characters there's an almost light hearted feel to it. It's c... READ MORE
Fantastic YA read!!
This is a corker of a book and I really enjoyed it!. I hardly read YA books but the synopsis on this one sounded so good I had to read it!.
So, we meet t... READ MORE
Great young adult mystery
This was gifted as an ARC copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
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I personally feel like this is a great YA mystery novel I loved t... READ MORE
Amazing!
This book has probably the best mystery I have ever read. Throughout the book my mind was captured onto figuring out the killer and I just couden't the boo... READ MORE
Engrossing murder mystery that explores class, privilege, and prejudice
Jess Choudhary is a scholarship student at an elite boarding school. When a rich and popular student dies, Jess receives a text from the murderer saying th... READ MORE
Brilliant and fast paced with lots of twists and turns!
Brilliant and fast-paced thriller with so many twists and turns! I really enjoyed the commentary on class. It's witty and fun and really kept me racing thr... READ MORE