She Was The Quiet One by Michele Campbell

Title: She Was The Quiet One
Author: Michele Campbell
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Rating: 📖📖📖/5
Check out this book on July 31, 2018!
// I received this ARC for free from Book of the Month in return for an honest review //

She Was The Quiet One by Michele Campbell takes us to the prestigious Odell Academy where Bel and Rose Enright, twin sisters, are the new girls brought to the school by their grandmother after the death of their mother. From the start we can see the differences between the sisters as they assimilate into the student body. Bel makes friends with the "wrong crowd" and Rose sticks with the safe crowd. Jealousy between the sisters as well as the students in the school start to be revealed as the story unfolds. The story heightens as a body is found on what was thought to be a safe campus. Who is responsible for the murder? Is it one of the sisters or another sinister entity?

When Book of the Month sent out an email looking for reviews for possible upcoming books I was totally excited! To be honest, this book wasn't the one I was hoping for but it was probably number two on the list so I was still interested in reading it. The premise didn't seem that different from many other murder mysteries after reading the review, so I didn't come in with high hopes. However, Campbell does have a way with her writing that paints pictures in your head. If it weren't for her writing style in the long run I probably would have given up on the book.

I tried really hard to become invested in the story despite my personal issues with it. You have the pretty standard twins (one bad and one good), the rich school where the kids run the show and a love triangle gone wrong. By the climax of the story the pieces start to fall into place as to why the murder happened although it seems pretty obvious from the start. But Campbell threw in an epilogue that seemed both out of place and unnecessary. No spoilers here, so I won't go into detail, but it sort of threw off the whole story in the last few pages.

Overall, I suggest this story for a quick read maybe if you're just getting into the murder mystery genre. It may seem run-of-the-mill for the average mystery reader.

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