Then one day, when Monica finds a cryptic note that possibly connects the deaths of the cheerleaders, she (you guessed it!) decides to investigate. The MC Monica, is a member of this dance team, and find’s that her life eerily resembles that of Jennifer’s (her sister) before she died. It doesn’t make what you’re feeling any less real or any less shitty.”Īfter a series of freakish murders involving members of Sunnybrook High’s cheerleaders a few years back, the school disbands the team and instead replaces it with a dance team.

“Everyone goes through shit, and there’s always someone somewhere who has it worse. They all have family and friends they interact with on the daily, and all of them have personalities that are unique to them. One of my favorite things about this book was the characters didn’t live in a bubble. Thomas’s writing style is clean and easy to get into, which is a great skill to have especially when writing a mystery/thriller. This book was really smooth and well drawn out. After reading this book I definitely want to check out her debut and see how it compares. I heard about her debut novel LITTLE MONSTERS that came out last year because it was getting a lot of hype on bookstagram and booktube. “We think if we ask enough times, the answer will change.”ĬHEERLEADERS is the first book I’ve read by Kara Thomas, and I’m truly impressed. There are no more cheerleaders in Sunnybrook, but that doesn’t mean anyone else is safe. And somehow Monica is at the center of it all. Some people in town know more than they’re saying. Whatever happened five years ago isn’t over. There are the letters in her stepdad’s desk, an unearthed, years-old cell phone, a strange new friend at school. Only, Monica’s world is starting to unravel. Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they lost.

Monica’s sister was the last cheerleader to die. The police shot him, so no one will ever know why he did it. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook.įirst there was the car accident-two girls gone after hitting a tree on a rainy night. Thank you to Penguin Randomhouse Young Readers for sending me a copy to review! GOODREADS SYNOPSIS:

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