When Alyssa arrives back at St Jude's to the news that a local girl has been murdered, she just can't shake shake the feeling that the crime is somehow connected to her. Welcome to St Jude's Academy, the elite boarding school where students are beautiful, talented and dangerously out of control.

I’m not sure if Lucy Carver is planning another book about Alyssa but I hope so because this is shaping up to be a fantastic YA series, featuring lots of my favourite things to look for in a story – drama, intrigue and mystery with a fab boarding school setting and a great cast of characters.Īnd there's no chance we're getting a third book is there? Dammit and why did I have to read this one so fast too knowing we're not going to get anymore books with Alyssa in it. This conclusion definitely provided a lot of shocks. I love books which are so full of twists and turns that by the end I still have no idea who might be responsible.

The ending of the book was so surprising! I thought it was incredibly well potted and it really got me thinking hard to try and put all the clues together. Interspersed with the murder mystery, are scenes between Alyssa and her boyfriend Jack, who is still as adorable as ever. I always try to pay careful attention to these because I’m desperate to spot the clues that are vitally important. There are several passages throughout the book where Alyssa has to think back on things that have happened or conversations that she has had with people. This is a trait which Alyssa shares and makes each mystery even more interesting because you know that even the smallest detail could be the one that breaks the puzzle and solves the case. This series reminds me so much of the TV show ‘Unforgettable’ which is about a female detective with perfect memory recall. She’s unable to resist investigating the death, when she starts to receive taunting clues and messages, indicating that someone is playing a taunting game of cat and mouse with her. Alyssa’s photographic memory comes in handy when a local girl dies and she begins to find unusual links between the two of them. This is the second book in the series about main character Alyssa and the girls of St Jude’s Academy.

Killing You Softly by Lucy Carver