Karen McManus is fast becoming one of my favourite YA authors. I've now read all of her books she's got out so far and cannot wait to sink my teeth into the next few. This however is probably my least favourite I've read. It was partly because it's been such a long time since I read One of Us is Lying that I kept losing sense of the links between the characters, and partly just because it didn't grip me as much as her other more recent books.
One of Us is Next takes place at Bayview High, a school that's still reeling after the death of a student and a gossip site that ruined a lot of lives. After the site was taken down, a few copycats had emerged and none of them had very good gossip, which is what everyone thought was happening when group texts start going out, starting an elaborate game of truth or dare. When the first person challenged refused to interact with the texter, and has her biggest secret spilled to the entire school, everyone starts to take this much more seriously.
This was a good read - I enjoyed it and I did get gripped into wanting to know who was behind everything. I found the plot did get interesting, but it was a bit of a tricky read to get into if you haven't read the first book recently. I was also a bit disappointed in the ending: it felt a bit meh and I wasn't convinced by who did it and why. I'm still glad I read it - it was a good YA mystery, but just not as good as the others I've read by the author.
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