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Two Can Keep a Secret

Karen M. McManus

Start date: March 1, 2019

Finish date: March 31, 2019

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Mar 13, 2019 Jenn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, thriller, mystery, contemporary, new-author-to-me, read-in-2019, who-to-trust, high-school-days, 4-star-reads, nail-biter

I will never be able to read this title and not sing the Pretty Little Liars theme song but anyway, that has literally nothing to do with the book lol. So, the book. This one was fun and I enjoyed it.

Echo Ridge is a tiny town with a tragic past. A past of missing girls and murder. Just the place Ellery and Ezra want to spend their senior year - especially considering their aunt was one of the missing girls. But alas, fate has not been kind and due to their mother being in rehab, the twins are f ...more

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Feb 09, 2019 Kayleigh {K-Books} rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own-physical, thriller

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Two Can Keep A Secret was one of my most anticipated releases of 2019. I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Now, if you'd have told me last year that a YA thriller/mystery type book would be one of my most anticipated releases then I'd have probably laughed at you. This is not my usual genre at all... but there is just something about Karen M McManus' books that calls to me. I just love them. Last year I read her debut One Of Us Is Lying and I devoured it Two Can Keep A Secret Review on K-Books

Two Can Keep A Secret was one of my most anticipated releases of 2019. I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Now, if you'd have told me last year that a YA thriller/mystery type book would be one of my most anticipated releases then I'd have probably laughed at you. This is not my usual genre at all... but there is just something about Karen M McManus' books that calls to me. I just love them. Last year I read her debut One Of Us Is Lying and I devoured it in a matter of days, I couldn't put it down. I had the exact same reaction to Two Can Keep A Secret. I loved every single second of it.

Two Can Keep A Secret follows the story of twins Ellery and Ezra as they go to live with their grandmother in the tiny town of Echo Ridge. Somewhere they have never been and a town with many secrets. Homecoming Queens seem to go missing in this town. It started with Ellery and Ezra's aunt Sarah... then five years later homecoming queen Lacey's body is found and now the threats are starting again. Can Ellery, Ezra and her friends work out what's happening before another girl goes missing?

I absolutely adored everything about this book. Right from the start I was completely obsessed with this town where all these girls go missing. The storyline and characterisation is absolutely perfect! I adored Ellery and her 'true crime' mind. Maybe because I am obsessed with watching documentaries on serial killers and trying to understand why they do what they do. I just associated with her straight away and couldn't help but judge every character that she came into contact with.

Two Can Keep A Secret is told from the perspectives of two main characters, Ellery and Malcolm, the brother of Lacey's ex-boyfriend and suspected killer. I love books that are told from more than one perspective. I feel like we get so much more of an insight into the story this way rather than just seeing what one character thinks. I loved both of their perspectives which was amazing as often in dual-POV books I always end up preferring the perspective of one character but I actually loved both of them.

Two Can Keep A Secret is filled with mystery and intrigue and I couldn't read it fast enough. After evert chapter I'd changed my mind over what I thought was happening and who could be the killer or killers. I loved that Karen kept making me second guess everything and even still the ending was not what I was thinking at all. I love books that surprise me as often I've guessed the big twist or big reveal but with both of Karen's books I haven't had a clue! That to me, shows how incredible of a storyteller that she truly is.

I loved every single moment of Two Can Keep A Secret and after that ending I'm hoping that Karen might even write a follow-up. I'd love to read more of these characters. If you're a fan of thriller or mystery type books that I highly recommend this one. And even if you're not... well I thought I wasn't and I adored it. Give it a go! I promise you won't be disappointed.

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Nov 19, 2019 Marie (UK) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-reading-challenge

I like the way that Karen McNulty writes. This is a bit of a slower burn than her other book One of Us Is Lying but at the same time it has more complexity than that one. I did find it hard to keep a handle on all the characters. I did enjoy tying to solve the mystery ...more

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May 07, 2019 Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) rated it it was amazing

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May 04, 2025 Keri rated it really liked it

Shelves: stand-alone, owned, cover-black

This seems to get mixed reviews but I was completely hooked the entire time and I really enjoyed the story and the characters. I read it in two days and I was surprised by most if not all of the twists. I try to just read mystery and thriller books quickly and am there for the ride so I’m not normally actively giving myself a lot of time to figure out what’s coming and I like it that way. Had fun with this and can’t wait to continue reading more from this author.

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