'Oh, fantastic amounts of fluffin' fudge.' ;))


This book is hilarious!
In fact there are no words to describe how much I enjoyed this book and how my face hurt from so much laughing. I don’t think there is one page in the whole book without a tiny little joke.

So, before starting to learn how to say 'hilarious' in at least 7 different languages, I will tell you what I liked about this book (and then, maybe you’ll tell the word for ‘hilarious’ in your language, and I’ll get to skip using google tra More...

Think you've heard it all? Think again! Twittercide... Death by Twitter? Not the worst way to go I suppose... *Eyes her Twitter suspiciously*

Yep, she is at it again; finding dead bodies is basically a regular pastime for our dear old Hartley. I adored her in Deadly Cool; she's still a fantastic protagonist in this sequel and I continue to love her attitude. Regardless of her wit, though, we clearly see some more maturity in her character. She is clever in her cunning ways, and knows when to stan More...

So fluffy and fun, it's ridiculous. :) Review to come!

Anything by Gemma Halliday's always ridiculous fun, I've read a couple of her High Heels books and the first installment in this series, Deadly Cool, but Social Suicide is just on another level. There are plenty of sassy girl detectives, I mean there's an entire genre around them, reporters, interior decorators, dogwalkers, plus-sized innkeepers, confectionary shop owners, White House chefs, well, you get the picture, but Hartley Featherstone has them all beat in terms of sassy fun.

Seriously, wh More...

In the sequel to Deadly Cool we have a murder mystery, laugh-out-loud moments, Twittercide, crazy antics, and even some romance!

Hartley is now a member of the school newspaper. On her way to an interview with homecoming Queen-hopeful she discovers Sydney Sander's dead body in a pool, and it looks as if she's been electrocuted while tweeting...Twittercide. Once again, Hartley finds herself in the midst of a murder investigation...

I love Hartley, she is, in my opinion one the funniest YA heroines More...

3.5 stars

This is a rant.
Warning: Spoilers Ahead

I can't believe Chase didn't make a move till the end of the book, I mean he was constantly hinting that he liked Hartley, but he just kept on making her appear all awkward by hinting a date that actually wasn't. I mean that scene was like, really awkward. And he didn't even apologize for misleading her. I know I won't ever forgive him for that if I was Hartley. Plus, why did he think Hartley would blame him for the whole thing, and what the hell is More...

(view spoiler)[Conclusions drawn:

Hartley has zero self-preservation instincts.

Her mother is a ditz. Despite all of the bodies her daughter is finding, she just hugs her when she's escorted home by the police and does virtually nothing. Over and over again.

Either Sam and Hartley are both overweight or Sam has an eating disorder. She's always trying to lose weight, then bingeing, and yet at some point in the book it is stated that she and Hartley share clothing because they're the same size.

Everyone in this town (hide spoiler)] More...

This'll eventually be posted on my blog:


So.. I'll admit it, I've waited a few days (okay: ten, happy now?) to write this review. 'Why?' I hear you ask.. Because it was sofreakingepicandididn'twanttosoundlikesomementalpersonwhoisobsessedwiththisbookeventhoughireallyreallyambyrantingaboutitforhoursonendwithoutbreathingandendingupfaintingorsomthingequallyweird! And breathe..

*clears throat awkwardly*

Let me rephrase that: This book? In one word? Supercalifragilisicexpialidocious (yep, casually quot More...

See full review here!

3.5 stars

This is a hilarious murder mystery YA novel! The sequel to Deadly Cool, Social Suicide is funny, smart, and slightly irresistible. Hartley is crime-solving, super-reporting, downright hysterical main character filled to the brim with quips and curiosity. She's always in the middle of trouble, whether by accident or on purpose. Can she get to the bottom of a cheating scheme at her high school that leads to murder? Read on, readers!

Hartley has a lot to deal with in he More...

*An ARC was provided by HarpterTeen in exchange for an honest review*

Wow. This book is amazing. I don't usually like mystery books, but this book is something special. It's hard to write long reviews for books you love so this one will probably be super short.

I loved it. That's really all I can say. It had a great story line, was hilarious, and the writing was amazing. The characters were great, it all worked perfectly together. In Deadly Cool I wrote in my review that the motive for the killer More...

Social Suicide was as predictable as Deadly Cool , from the first page itself we had an idea who the killer was...so in the mystery department this book deserves maximum 3 stars. But I'll give it 4 for the narration, its just so hilarious.

I love love love the characters! Hartley, Sam and Chase have to be one of the coolest trio. All of them are so funny, sensible and stupid at the same time.
And holy fluffin' fluff Chase is H-O-T, I totally have a crush on that guy, plus Hartley and his dev More...

Hartley decided to join the school's homepage, a team of writer led by editor Chase, whom Hartley happened to crack the murder mystery with last semester. she received her first story, regarding Sydney's cheating in a test, got busted thus suspended from both school and the chance to run for homecoming queen. however, Hartley found her dead in the pool right before their interview session. Sam called it a Twittercide, because minutes before she was found, Sydney was twitting.

like Deadly Cool (2 More...

This book had a nicely built up story. But I'm sorry to say that I didn't like it. Like a modern day Nancy drew, but not as compelling, relatable, mysterious or engaging. Plus nothing is more off-putting than two dimensional characters and stereotypes. OH LORD THE STEREOTYPES!

I am going out on a limb here and assuming that perhaps this book was meant for tweenagers? Or perhaps those of a who aren't looking for an overly-intelligent piece of literature and just want some 'chick-lit' (much like t More...

One of my Goodreads friends has a rule that she never reads two books from the same series (or author in general) back to back. This is a good rule. I find that, almost inevitably, if I read series books back to back, I generally do not like the second one nearly as much as the first. I compare. Are the books too similar? Too different? Is the story continuing as I hoped it would? etc. I come in with attachment to the characters, preconceived notions and high expectations (after all why would I More...

As I have been mentioning since the beginning of 9th grade, I love mystery novels or any type of mystery stories. As long as if I can be interactive within the story as it goes along, it would keep my brain moving and help me stay awake while reading it. This book starts off with a girl named Hartley trying to become a better writer in a writing club, like 411 press in our school. She is trying to figure the whole thing behind the Homecoming Queen, Sydney’s cheating during a midterm. As she fig More...

Nach ihrem letzten Abenteuer fing Hartley bei der Schülerzeitung an – sowas macht sich schließlich nicht schlecht auf dem Zeugnis und sie kann jeden Pluspunkt gebrauchen. Ob es nun was Gutes ist, dass sie so auch tagtäglich Chase zu sehen bekommt, weiß sie noch nicht so recht; aber (nichts bedeutender) Kuss hin oder her, sie muss sich anstrengen, damit sie bald auch mal die spannenden Storys kriegt.
Bei all ihren Bemühungen hatte sie sicher nicht damit gerechnet, dass sie schon wieder einen Mord More...

So, this was a very good book. Besides a few sentences (there were also a few in Deadly Cool) that were missing commas, there wasn't anything annoying in this book. Usually, there will be a few really annoying details or attempted jokes or something in a book, but this was fortunately free of those. Unfortunately, however, it was a bit predictable. (view spoiler)[ I bet I wasn't the only one to figure out it was Mr. Tipkins halfway through the book. In fact, at the first mention of him, I thought, "Is he the m (hide spoiler)] More...

Another brilliant addition to this series.
Enjoyed it as much as the first- even though I will always prefer te first since it was the start-up and it's where we all got introduced to the charachters.

Unlike the first I was able to guess the killer correctly around half way through.
But it still was good enough to keep me guessing up until then.

The ending was also very satisfying! Chase finally manned up and asked Hartley out which just made me roll my eyes and and shout 'FINALLY' it was long ov More...

If you've read Deadly Cool and liked it, then you might just like this too. If you've read Deadly Cool and wasn't exactly gobsmacked by it, I doubt this book will interest you. The thing is, Deadly Cool and Social Suicide are alike in so many ways.

In this book, Hartley continues her "Nancy Drew" escapades. She hears of the death of a popular cheerleader in school via electrocution. Everybody thinks it's suicide, but Hartley doesn't think so. Her detective instincts lead her to the belief that it More...

The second book in the Deadly Cool series features all of the fun humor and mystery I enjoyed in the first installment. And by all, I mean freaking ALL of the same things I enjoyed before.

This story followed a very, VERY close formula to the first (LIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD):
- Girl is found dead.
- Hartley takes it upon herself to prove girl was murdered.
- Hartley comes up with lots of bad ideas and lies to adults AND authorities.
- Inconsequential flirting with Chase.
- More people get hurt.
- Hartley More...

So it’s not very often that I read two mysteries in a row. With one still fresh on my mind, I had to switch gears a bit and move over to a more witty main character, named Hartley Featherstone in Social Suicide By Gemma Halliday. This is the 2nd installment in the Deadly Cool Novel series. Here Hartley is yet again faced with a mystery to solve. In this novel, Hartley finds it hard to believe that prom queen nominee, Sydney Sanders, has committed suicide. All because she was caught cheating on a More...

Rating: 3.5/5

Social Suicide is a cute follow up to Gemma Halliday’s young adult debut Deadly Cool, drawing us laughingly back into Hartley’s world as she stumbles across yet another dead body and takes it upon herself to play the inexperienced and somewhat inept detective. Though the humor and the fun relationships between Hartley, her best friend Sam, and high school newspaper bad-boy editor Chase are light and entertaining, this installment does seem to read a touch younger than the first book More...

(3.5 stars)

I read the previous book, Deadly Cool, last year and enjoyed it. Hartley was a good narrator and I liked the mystery. I borrowed this sequel from the library sometime last year but never actually read it before it was due back, so I had to return it, unread. I borrowed it again this week, determined to read it this time!

Here is the Kobo summary:

Twittercide: the killing of one human being by another while the victim is in the act of tweeting.

Call me crazy, but I figured writing for t More...

Rating this on 2.5*.

The second book was a little more of copy-paste of the first one. Starting from the beginning of the book as our main character, Hartley Grace, found a dead body.. again. (view spoiler)[ and pretty much ended herself in the same situation as the previous book, and the in-between of the story, the main character tried to find who the murderer was from 'interrogating' one person to another, nothing special there. (hide spoiler)]

The mystery wasn't as challenging or fun as the first one was either, I don't More...

Hartley strikes again! I think our protagonist is addicted into finding dead bodies, yup! You heard it right. Hartley found another dead body. And as sequel of Deadly Cool, this book has the same thing; hilariously funny. Tons of FLUFFY FUDGE!

Hartley is working on her first big issues for their campus newspaper, but HHH version of Nancy Drew comes alive in action once again. Believing that death of Homecoming Queen Sandy Sanders is not Suicide but homicide (ehemm…I do believe they put it as TWIT More...

3.5/5

So here’s to sophomore installments that to meet the the standard the first one’s set. Social Suicide is just as funny as the first. It’s a very good mix of high school high jinks, crossed signals, as well as… murder and mayhem? One need not be surprised by how funny things could get with Hart on the case. Minus the distraction that Josh offered, Hart still made some funny calls, normally with BFF Sam at her side. But I still enjoyed the fluff this one offered. It was her over the top reac More...

So it’s not very often that I read two mysteries in a row. With one still fresh on my mind, I had to switch gears a bit and move over to a more witty main character, named Hartley Featherstone in Social Suicide By Gemma Halliday. This is the 2nd installment in the Deadly Cool Novel series. Here Hartley is yet again faced with a mystery to solve. In this novel, Hartley finds it hard to believe that prom queen nominee, Sydney Sanders, has committed suicide. All because she was caught cheating on a More...

Having really enjoyed Deadly Cool I was looking forward to Social Suicide and I have to say that I was not disappointed.
Mysteries have always been my thing and with Social Suicide I found myself thinking that I would just read one chapter and then read about five. It has such and addictive quality to it that I found myself flying through the pages.
I had an inkling of who the murderer in question was and I was so excited to be right. Gemma Halliday does this awesome job in writing mysteries, ther More...

Twittercide. Face Palm.

The over-usage of these two terms almost had me tearing my hair out. It was like Halliday loved loved loved the brilliance that is her new, hip term, twittercide, and decided to gloat whenever and wherever she could. FACE PALM. Yes, I get it, it's unique, but have some mercy on the readers and quite trying to be hip and cool because it's actually not that cool.

I guess if I were still a tween, I might have liked it for its cute-ness and over exaggerated charaters - especi More...