Review: You'll Be the Death of Me

You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Ivy lost the election yesterday and will not be the senior class president.  She doesn’t want to go to school and face the class clown … the new president.  Mateo feels overwhelmed since he is working two jobs to help support his family and Cal feels alone since he was stood up.  When these three seniors randomly meet up outside of school, they decide to skip school and go to the city.  They were friends years ago, after all.  They quickly learn they don’t have much in common anymore, but when they spot another student ditching school, they decide to follow him and stumble across his murdered body.  They flee the scene, but what should they do next?

You’ll Be the Death of Me is a stand-alone mystery that promises to be exciting but doesn’t fully pull it off.  I enjoyed the premise of the story and was turning pages to see how it was going to end, but the overall storyline felt like it was trying too hard to be Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.   If you want a fun and quick mystery to read, this is the book.  If you are looking for McManus’ next masterpiece, you might be waiting a little longer. 

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