Name: Prep School Confidential
ISBN: 9781250017598

Kara Taylor

When Anne's misbehavior sends her from her Upper East Side prep school to a prestigious boarding school outside of Boston, her only goal is to get back home until her roommate, Isabella, is murdered and Anne decides to get to the bottom of the mystery, whatever the cost. Original.

Prep School Confidential

Mercy K

** spoiler alert **
           this was such a good book im kinda in a phase right now and im just reading a ton of mystery/spy books and im lovin it 
i was really shocked when the police arrested anthony and for a sec i actually believed it then i realized like no it cant be him but i kinda wish there was more with brent but what can you do its a murder mystery book theres always so much goin on
i finished this book in a day because helloooo i couldnt stop because every chapter ended in a cliff hanger so i needed to keep reading and omg it was so gr8
cant wait to start the next one !!!!!

Marissa Luzio 

What could I possibly say that can get you guys to understand how much I'm DYING for the next book? Like holy crap! I started this book at 11 pm and finished at 2 am... And I had to get up early the next morning.. This book was impossible to put down, I refused to go to sleep, though I also knew I wouldn't fall asleep because this book is kind of creepy and gets you thinking, you know? It's very much like Twin Peeks (a television show- on Netflix). Kara Taylor even says in the summary that its a crossover between Gossip Girl and Twin Peeks and I will be honest, the Twin Peeks reference is what got me to read the book hehe. During the book, Taylor makes it LOOK obvious who the killer is but then makes you double think it and starts introducing you to another possible suspect..

The story starts off with this sassy, kick ass girl who gets expelled for burning half of her school down. But its not even all her fault and the bastard that contributed ran away when she called the police, totally unfair in my opinion. Seeing as her father is the biggest lawyer in New York, she's lucky enough to get accepted into this boarding school in Boston. Of course, she hates it and she wishes to go back home, I don't really blame her. I would hate that school too. Her roommate, Isabella, who looks shy and sweet turns up dead a week in. This is where the creepy mystery begins. Speaking about the school, everything in that school just spells trouble! HOLY CRAP! You get shocked at how much crap this school is hiding, and not to mention how much of it will be revealed in the next book as well. There's STILL a mystery and it has to do with that school and the same old disappearance that happened years before and that everyone just HAPPEN to forget about. It's all so fishy. Like, knowing Taylor and her ways of writing, the "good" characters will probably end up bad and be psychos and the "bad" characters in this book will be portrayed as 'miss understood'. It definitely would not surprise me. Also I would like to say that there is a love triangle and if you have read this book, your probably going for the sweet and clean-cut guy, right? Well me? I prefer she went with the rougher, edgy guy because, HEY, who doesn't love a bad guy ;) I'm only telling you about the love triangle because you hear about these two boys quite a lot. Her mind is in typical teenage girl mode, where most of her thoughts include boys. But I like that! Now, the ending did shock me a bit. I expected the killer to be someone else entirely and what you find out is kind of disturbing to imagine. Be prepared to be shocked!

Anyways, I loved this book so much, I'm actually considering reading it again just for fun. I am definitely counting down the days for the second one!

Maria

прочитала за три вечера и уже начала следующую - так вот чего мне в жизни не хватало, детективчиков! прямо чувствую, как мой дофамин сочится в предвкушении

Cindy Lee

Read more of my reviews at Secrets of Lost Words.

Rating: C

Prep School Confidential is a great YA mystery that will keep you guessing until the end. I don't read a lot of mystery books but I definitely enjoyed this one.

Anne is a great character as she's determined to solve the case. She's a dedicated friend and nothing will stop her from doing what she wants. She's really stubborn as well but that's a great quality as she never backs down from a challenge and keeps pushing forward.

The murder case was interesting to solve. We were shown three suspects and Anne kept looking through the clues to figure out which one was the killer. I had a hunch about them though that proved right at the end. I just gotta say that the relationship between Isabelle and the killer is quite mind-boggling.

Prep School Confidential has a love triangle too. I didn't really mind it though I felt like it wasn't needed. The two love interests were Brent and Anthony. Brent is the good boy and Anthony is the bad. They both have their own qualities but I feel like Anne shouldn't string both of them on (she's confused about her feelings; typical). But as for me, GO TEAM ANTHONY.

Overall, I thought Prep School Confidential is a mystery novel that is worth checking out.

"This book rocks! Scandalously delicious in the same vein as Pretty Little Liars and Revenge, with a wickedly clever plot that kept me guessing right up until the end." -- Gemma Halliday, New York Times bestselling author of Honeymoon in High Heels Anne Dowling practically runs her exclusive academy on New York's Upper East Side—that is, until she accidentally burns part of it down and gets sent to a prestigious boarding school outside of Boston. Determined to make it back to New York, Anne could care less about making friends at the preppy Wheatley School. That is, until her roommate, Isabella's body is found in the woods behind the school. When everyone else is oddly silent, Anne becomes determined to uncover the truth no matter how many rules she has to break to do it. With the help of Isabella's twin brother Anthony, and a cute classmate named Brent, Anne discovers that Isabella wasn't quite the innocent nerdy girl she pretended to be. But someone will do anything to stop Anne's snooping in this fast-paced, unputdownable read—even if it means framing her for Isabella's murder. Kara Taylor's breathtaking debut reads like Gossip Girl crossed with Twin Peaks in an enveloping start to the Prep School Confidential series. "A whirlwind of secrets, lies, and scandals. I whipped through the pages, frantic to discover the killer." –Jill Hathaway, author of Slide "Fast-paced, suspenseful and scarily believable. It will keep you guessing as you race to the end!" -- Daisy Whitney, author of The Mockingbirds and When You Were Here

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