They All Had a Reason

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3.7

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Michele Leathers

"Leathers skillfully shrouds the story and the cast in mystery." -- Kirkus Reviews A rumor.A secret.A lie.A murder. One of them will have to go, for the others to survive! Charlotte is convinced her life would be perfect if she could only get past the one obstacle holding her back: A girl named Bellany Silverfield, who seems to have it all -- beauty, popularity, power and the boy of Charlotte's dreams. But when Bellany is murdered, Charlotte's life doesn't get any better. In fact, it gets much worse. Charlotte worries that circumstantial evidence and rumors of motive will make her a prime suspect. She's forced to question the loyalty of her closest friends and to place her trust in a boy she barely knows. But one of these people is definitely lying to her. What reviewers are saying: "With ADHD I usually start a book and never finish it or take months to do so. However, with this book I didn't want to stop. That ending was great! Just ordered the second book." "This was a fun, suspenseful mystery. I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to start book 2. Highly recommend." "I kept sneaking in pages because I just had to know!" "The killer...well you won't see it coming." "I read this book in about two days and I haven't been much of a reader for a long time. My attention span is virtually nonexistent so reading stopped being a hobby for me. Decided to try to get back into it with this book and I'm excited to get into book 2 immediately! I most certainly didn't expect the way things turned out and that's my favorite kind of ending!" "This book kept my attention the whole way through. Didn't want to put it down. Definitely didn't guess the murder.. awesome job!!" "I haven't finished a book in a long time but I finished this one in 3 days and I can't wait to read the rest of the books in this series." "It keeps you on the edge of your seat and questioning everything! I never had a moment where I lost interest in the story!" "Right from the start it grabbed my attention and I couldn't get enough of it."

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Author

Michele Leathers

Pages

209

Publisher

Independently Published

Published Date

2021-01-02

ISBN

9798589458428

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"The book was pretty great, but at times, the characters were not. Let me explain: the main character was quite dumb and inconsiderate of other characters at most times, she’s the definition of “too curious for her own good” and I wouldn’t have been surprised if she turned up dead in the end. This whole book felt like “A good girls guide to murder” except the main character is an absolute idiot and it’s not as well written. Another issue I had was how fast paced certain things were, and HEAR ME OUT. I love fast paced books, and it is one of the things I loved about this book, but there were a few things that just should’ve been slowed down. First of all, (slight spoiler warning) her love life. She knew *I forgot his name* for only like a few days and then they were just all of the sudden madly in love with each other, and it was honestly just confusing. So, that’s an issue, but not a big one. I was pretty shocked with the ending, and satisfied with what I got. "

Cheeto Lover

"I would give it a 3.5/5 mostly because I feel like the end was a bit rushed and should have put some of the information in different sections or added onto it"