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ARC Book Review: People Like Us by Dana Mele
I would like to give many thanks to Penguin Young Readers Group for providing me with an ARC of People Like Us in exchange for an honest review for The People Like Us Blog Tour. I appreciate this opportunity and all opinions expressed are my own.
Title: People Like Us
Author: Dana Mele
Page Count: 384 Pages
Publication Date: February 27th, 2018 *Available Now*
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Kay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet, but the past is past, and she’s reinvented herself entirely. Now she’s a star soccer player whose group of gorgeous friends run their private school with effortless popularity and acerbic wit. But when a girl’s body is found in the lake, Kay’s carefully constructed life begins to topple.
The dead girl has left Kay a computer-coded scavenger hunt, which, as it unravels, begins to implicate suspect after suspect, until Kay herself is in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. But if Kay’s finally backed into a corner, she’ll do what it takes to survive. Because at Bates Academy, the truth is something you make…not something that happened.
Wow, what a fantastic psychological thriller that is hands down a five star read! Dana Mele brings drama, mystery and revenge to the table in a fashion that will have you begging for more! Going into this book, I was a little hesitant because I thought this would be just another Pretty Little Liars. I was so wrong!
This story had a lot of LGBTQ representation that I just LOVED! The main character(Kay) was bisexual. Kay’s best friend Brie was a lesbian and there was plenty of other characters that were part of the LGBTQ community. As a pansexual woman, I was over the moon about this and I became deeply invested in the characters. I found myself flipping pages as fast as possible while rooting for Kay. Kay started off as another mean girl but as you read this story you start to see who Kay is underneath all the layers that she hides herself in. As the reader, you see a remarkable change in Kay that left me no choice but to love her.
The plot of this story was fast paced but descriptive. Sometimes it was brutally descriptive. People Like Us shows you the vicious world of overprivileged young girls who are just plain bullies.
I loved the characterization, the plot, and everything about this story. Dana Mele created one intense work of art that quickly rose to one of my top favorite books of all time! If you would love a fun teen drama with a chilling murder mystery, look no further because People Like Us is the book for you!!!
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Great review! I’m always looking for a good YA thriller and this books sounds like really exciting. I love that there’s bi rep in it as well!
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Thanks so much sweetheart!😍 I ABSOLUTELY LOVED this book! Yay! I love the bi rep as well!
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Loved the review! I feel like this is a book I wouldn’t love but I would still like. It seems like a quick kinda read 🙂
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Thanks so much Abigail! It was a quick read and was really twisty!!! I loved it!!!! xoxoxox
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Pah! Pete’s not going to be happy with those names 🙄 I think the author could put a bit of effort into crazy-names 😀
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LOL. I don’t think the names were meant to be crazy. There was pretty normal names in this book but definitely not normal people!!! lol
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Very disappointing! 😀 😀
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Fab review! This one definitely sounds awesome.
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Thanks so much, Yvo!!!!😍 I loved this book! I appreciate you stopping by!😘💖💝💙💜
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Can’t wait to read this one! 🙂
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It was AWESOME! Thanks so much for stopping by and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this story!!!
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*Fist Bump!* I just posted my review also Book Sister! Awesome review and I love the gifs (especially Dean of course) I didn’t love this quite as much as you did, but I still enjoyed it and will definitely try another book by her.🤗
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*Fist bumps* and *happy dances*! I’m glad you still enjoyed the book even if you didn’t love it! 🙂 I have to check out your review! I am in a bad mood because I had to post a DNF review and I never DNF a book because its an eARC but I had to. 😦 Thanks so much for all your love and support! It made my day much brighter to see you in my notifications! I hope you are doing well! XOXO😍😍😍😍
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I just caught that review Dani. I think you made the right decision.🤗
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Your kindness and support means the world to me! 😍😍😍😍
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Nice review! I have been skeptical about buying the book, and really enjoyed your detail and input! (:
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Thanks so much!!!!! Yay! Also thanks for stopping by! I really loved this story. Definitely one of my faves now! xoxo
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Ooh awesome review, Dani!! 🙂 I was interested in this book, but after reading your review, I can’t wait to read it!!!
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Thanks so much, Jaynie!!! 😍😍😍 I absolutely loved this story!!! I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it! Thanks so much for stopping by.
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I really want to read this book! Also amazing review.
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Hey girl! This book is fantastic!!! I definitely recommend it! Thanks so much for the support and stopping by! 😍😍
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I just read another review for this book. The premise sounds so interesting. Great review. 🙂
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Thanks so much for your support!! Yay! This definitely was an interesting story that will have you flipping pages for more!!! #lovelovelove Thanks so much for stopping by!!!
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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Sounds like something a little different in the YA genre. Glad to hear that you enjoyed it so much, Dani.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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It definitely was different, Pete!!!😍 I appreciate you showing some love on my page!😍😘💙💜 Xoxo!😘💙
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Great review Dani! Sounds like a good one! 🙂
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Thanks so much!!!😍💜💙💖 It definitely was a great book!😍📚💯💜 Yay!😘
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Thanks so much for making my day!!!!!😍💙💜💙💜💙💜
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Sounds like a brilliant thriller!! Fantastic review!! 😀
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I’ve been hearing so really great things about this book! Thanks for another amazing review! 💖
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