Though the end of the novel feels almost abrupt, without all of the loose ends tied, it’s a certain lack of answers that creates a more life-like feel to the story. Monica, Jen and all of the other girls feel realistic, rooted in their characterizations and personality traits. Kara Thomas has crafted a gritty young adult mystery, whose conclusion is as full of twists as the premise of the novel itself. It doesn’t make what you’re feeling any less real or any less shitty The Cheerleaders Strengths with twists that left me shocked.'-VICTORIA AVEYARD, 1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen 'Youll be up all night tearing through the pages. More Praise for Kara Thomas: 'Gripping from start to finish. Much like in The Cheerleaders, the awful series of events haunted the town, who were not able to move past the deaths for quite some time.Īs Monica navigates the questions remaining in the death of her sister and friends, she has help from Ginny, a shy and intelligent girl on her dance team who prefers the sidelines to the spotlight, Together they pull at threads to unravel the cases of the dead cheerleaders – but their investigation will lead them to a place neither of them could have prepared for.Įveryone goes through shit, and there’s always someone somewhere who has it worse. There are no more cheerleaders in Sunnybrook, but that doesnt mean anyone else is safe.
Two of the students involved were cheerleaders who were abducted and murdered. Thomas took inspiration for the novel from a tragic series of deaths of several students from a high school in Dryden, New York in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. If you look hard enough, you’ll probably find something that makes you wish you hadn’t.
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