Holy shit, this book was an amazing surprise. I am a huge fan of thrillers, and I mostly read adult thrillers, because in my opinion, it's really hard to find good young adult thrillers out there. This is one of the best (*if not the best) YA thriller I have read to date. This is the story of Anna, a 17 year old girl who goes on vacation to a foreign country with all her friends for spring break, and her best friend Elise, is murdered. If that's not terrible enough, all of her friends start turning against her, and everyone believes that she was the one who killed Elise. Earlier this year, I read Abigail Haas's other book, Dangerous Boys and I also loved that book, but I have to say Dangerous Girls is easily the better of the two in my opinion. This book is so wonderfully crafted, and the way this story is written is amazing. It weaves in so many different story lines: past and present, and we discover through all these flashbacks what actually happened and what's going on. The story is told through Anna's present tense, in the court room, her past tense on how she became friends with Elise, scenes with the vacation leading up to Elise's death, and interview clips and snippets thrown in between. Also, the writing style is so beautiful. For example: "Elise and I fall into friendship like it's gravity." I just love the way that's written. Elise is such a complex, interesting character. I loved discovering all these dark, hidden parts of her that were revealed as the story went on. I also actually thought Anna was really relatable at times too, as she struggled with trying to make friends, and trying to make friendships last, and always trying to do the right thing.

"Wouldn't we all look guilty if someone searched hard enough?"

This is my favorite type of story because throughout the entire story you are trying to figure out who is lying and who is telling the truth and you can't even trust if the main character Anna is reliable or if she's also lying because as readers, we don't see the actual murder. It's all hear say. I find it absolutely fascinating. The best way I can describe this book is like a combination of Gone Girl and Mean Girls. I know that sounds weird but it's true. It reminds me of Gone Girl in the sense that anyone can be set up and accused of murder, even if they are innocent, and it reminds me of Mean Girls because Elise's character felt like a twisted version of Regina George. This book dives deep into the evil that can come out of girls friendships and the cruelness that lies just beneath the surface. I love how this story line was full of constant plot twists and I kept second guessing what was going on.

The last few pages of this book gave me chills while I was reading them. Actual chills. I don't think I've ever experience something like that while reading a book before. I just couldn't believe the horror of it all. These characters are all flawed and shady and they all have something to hide. I honestly loved every minute of it. If you're into thrillers, I highly recommend this one. I was genuinely surprised by how much I loved it. I wasn't expecting to give it 5 stars but after the final pages of this book left me feeling so giddy I couldn't help myself. I will read anything Abigail Haas writes, and after this amazing book and Dangerous Boys (which I also enjoyed) I now consider her a new favorite author of mine.