Keep Your Friends Close by Leah Konen

 

I have literally never read anything by Leah Konen before but now I think I might have to read more. Her style reminds me a lot of Greer Hendricks's and Sarah Pekkanen's, so if that's your vibe, I think you'll enjoy this one a lot. I found this in a little free library and stealth-read it, and it was a breezy read I finished in about two days.

Mary and Willa are friends, but we know from the dual timeline that something went wrong. They aren't friends anymore, and Mary has suffered some kind of betrayal. Willa, the pretty younger friend, was responsible for said betrayal and then she disappeared. Or did she? Because one day, Mary sees her again but she won't respond to her name.

This was a wild rollercoaster of a read with several twists and turns that I didn't see coming. Some of that was because the twists and turns in question didn't always fully make sense. But I was entertained. And, also, I really liked the feminine empowerment/girlpower themes of the book. All of the female characters were way more than they first seemed at face value, and I really liked that.

So it was a little silly, yes, but I was entertained.

3.5 out of 5 stars