Truly Devious (Truly Devious, #1)

by Maureen Johnson

For anyone who has ever dreamed of finding a body in the library

Interesting!!

When you have enough power and money, you can dictate the meanings of words.

There was no point in hiding now. Dottie crawled out from under the blanket, clutching her book. She looked at the visitor, and then at the objects on the floor. “Those are for the game,” the person said.

Noo this sounds wrong!!!

“Stevie . . .” “They also promised falling rocks. Where are my falling rocks?” “Stevie . . .” “I’m a strong believer in truth in advertising,” Stevie said.

LMAOOO I ALREADY LOVE STEVIE!!!!

“That’s good,” her mom said. “It will be good for you to have some friends.” Be nice, Stevie. Don’t say you already have friends. You have lots of friends. It doesn’t matter that a lot of them are people you know online from murder-mystery boards.

LMAOOOOO

Nate published a book called The Moonbright Cycles when he was fourteen—seven hundred pages of epic fantasy written over the course of a few months, first published online and then in book form. Moonbright book two was supposedly in the works.

That's fucking impressive!!!!

“Make friends,” she whispered. Few words are more chilling when put together than make friends. The command to pair bond sent ice water through Stevie’s veins. She wanted falling rocks.

Aww bless you Stevie !!!

We kind of wanted the going-out, shopping, prom-going type, and we got this weird, creepy one, and we love it but what is it talking about, ever? Sometimes Stevie felt bad for her parents. Their idea of what constituted interesting was so limited. They were never going to have as much fun as she did.

There were, to be fair, maybe too many statues. Someone should have had a talk with Albert Ellingham and told him to maybe relax with the statue buying.

LMFAOOO

“Stevie thinks she’s Sherlock Holmes,” her father said. He liked to make these kinds of remarks that sounded like jokes, and may have been well-intentioned on some level, but always had a hint of shade.

That's such a lowkey dig towards Stevie!!!

In that moment, with that one remark, Pix won Stevie’s everlasting loyalty.

I know!!! Love Pix for that !!!

STEVIE BELL HAD A SIMPLE DESIRE: SHE WANTED TO BE STANDING OVER a dead body.

WOWWWW

Where her books were, she was. Get the books right and the rest will follow. Now she could address the rest of the room.

EXACTLY!!!!!!!😌

Stevie always tried to be truthful, but she didn’t want to make her first acquaintance in her new house and say, “Your show was mediocre and overrated but I see why you are valued: for your looks and deep voice.”

I mean...honesty is the best policy !!!

Ellie had simply accepted her, just like that. For a moment it was all endorphins and rainbows in Stevie’s head. That was all it had taken—one nice, accepting word from another student and she realized it would all be okay.

Aww that's so nice!!!