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Book review: Two can keep a secret by Karen M. McManus

 I have waited so long for a chance to get my hands on this book as I have heard so many good reviews about it.  As soon as I heard about this book, I went to my library website to see if I could check it out, it turns out that about 7 other people had the same idea I did!  I was NOT going to wait about 7 weeks for that book so my original plan was to wait for the line out and request it when the book got a bit older, however, that was not needed because a friend happened to have a copy of Two can keep a secret and I borrowed it as soon as possible.  I am SO glad I read this book it is honestly one of the best mysteries I have ever read (along with Agatha Christie mysteries).  However, I am giving it a ⭐⭐⭐⭐out of 5 stars because the first few chapters were VERY slow let me tell you I was actually regretting getting this book but I powered through the lameness, and once you get to about chapter 5 things start to fall into place and get interesting (trust me!).  Another con about the book was that there were a lot of characters and sometimes I forgot who one person was and I had to go back and read once in a while.  But, enough cons let's get to the good parts of this book and why you SHOULD read it.  So, the main characters in this book are Ellery and Malcolm as both of them have their own sections and perspectives.  Ellery along with her twin brother Ezra is staying at her grandma's house because her mom whose name is Sadie is in a rehab facility.  Sadie's twin sister Sarah vanished at age 17 in the town Ellery is currently staying in and 5 years ago homecoming queen Lacey Kilduff was murdered.  Malcolm is the brother of Declan who was suspected to be the murderer of Lacey, so when another homecoming queen goes missing, Malcolm is put in the same spot as his older brother Declan was 5 years earlier.  This book was very suspenseful and it had a ton of action in it, it also had a twist ending (you won't believe who the murderer was!) but at the end, all the ropes tie together to leave one thrilling mystery story.   Thank you for reading this review and if you are looking into mystery books READ THIS BOOK.

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