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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone was one of my favorite books last year, and I’m a sucker for a sequel. This one did not disappoint!   What I liked best was the fact that it had a different feel than the first book but was still really good. Where the first felt just a smidge more like a thriller (blizzard conditions, no power, creepy isolated mountain retreat, etc.), this one felt slightly more like a cozy mystery but with more gore!   I’m notoriously bad at guessing the culprit and did not in this one either, but it was a fun ride to work out the various mini-mysteries-within-the-mystery. Without adding spoilers, there is a really clever use of the plot device of having Ern provide the rules of writing a mystery novel towards the end, which turns those rules on its head. It’s all very meta and fun to have a book about writing a textbook mystery, then veer off course for a bit and poke fun of itself.   Thank you to NetGalley and Mariner Books for the opportunity to read this

  Though the story is great, and I’m sure it would have been a great read, the audiobook took it to the next level. Bourne is a place very unlike anywhere I’ve spent time, but by the end, I felt very familiar with it and its residents.   The ensemble cast was phenomenal, with each of the triplets’ unique personalities given the opportunity to shine through. They are the echo generation of a biological disaster, the daughters of a crusader, and, most importantly, three teenage girls trying to find their way in the world.   If you like coming-of-age stories, this will be right up your alley.   Thank you to NetGalley and McMillan Audio for the opportunity to listen. All opinions are my own.   4.5 stars out of 5 stars, rounded up to 5 stars.   Buy on Bookshop Buy the Audio on Libro.fm This post contains affiliate links. For more details, see my disclosure  here .