I put my other hand in the air. “Bronwyn Rojas, I solemnly swear not to murder you today or at any point in the future. Deal?”

“You’re ridiculous,” she mutters, going even redder.

“It concerns me you’re avoiding a promise not to murder me.”

Title: One of Us is Lying

Author: Karen McManus

Series: Standalone

Publication: May 30th 2017 by Delacorte Press

Pages: 368

Source: Netgalley

Summary from Goodreads:

Pay close attention and you might solve this.
On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High s notorious gossip app.
Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon’s dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who s still on the loose?
Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.

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A Listical of Thoughts:

• New tagline: detention has never been so deadly. (No, seriously)

• WHAT! I want to punch that teacher, I really, really do.
• You know what they say about assuming guys, come on. Make an ass out of you and me, etc.
• I quite like what I see about stereotypes not being stereotypes so far. Blondie is smart, Jock is not the jock at all, bad boy isn’t actually a jerk. Right on.

• The different perspectives take a bit to get used to, it’s a few chapters before it cycles back around – BUT IT’S SO INTERESTING. Everyone has different opinions, ideas, and theories about what happened. Everyone saw different things and remembers varying details. Great commentary on perspectives.
• I find myself pleasantly surprised by the depth of the characters and their personalities as a whole.
• The social media aspect is awesome. A lot of contemporary novels seem to forget that Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat, all those goodies, are actually a thing and a means of communication. Seeing it implemented is both terrifying and wonderful.
• Cooper needs a hug. He needs lots of hugs and a lot of love. He’s precious.

• I saw the reveal coming, but it was still sort of surprising to have it confirmed? I was constantly going “No…. that can’t be right? Can it?” You question yourself, you question the characters, and then BAM!
• This book is so much more than a mystery novel, I didn’t expect that from this. It covers some hard-hitting issues.

Basically me after reading this:

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