BOOK REVIEW: THE IT GIRL BY RUTH WARE

 

BLURB

April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford.

Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily—during their first term. By the end of the second, April was dead.

Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realizes that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide…including a murder.

My THOUGHTS 

This was "Between the Pages Book Club pick for March" (GOODREADS BOOK CLUB) and let me tell you this was a great pick indeed.

John Neville is dead in prison. He died still trying to convince his accusers that he was innocent of the murder of Oxford University's It GIRL April Coutts- Cliveden ten years earlier. Hannah is convinced that John was the killer, after all fit the profile and he was seen coming out of April's room right before Hannah found her dead. A call from Geraint a reporter, that is convinced that everyone got it wrong. casts doubt in Hannah's mind.

But who did it? Was it Will? Hannah's husband past boyfriend of April, Hugh (Will's best friend) or was it someone else in the circle of friends Emily? or perhaps Ryan? This book will send you on a mysterious adventure.

it Girl was gripping from beginning to end. I have always been a fan of dark academia and mystery novels and I think that this novel meshed both very well. What I loved about this book is that at times you thought you knew who did it and then it would throw you off and then you will be asking yourself, who was the killer. I really enjoyed this one. I hope my book club members felt the same.