Poor Hannah has to restraint her feelings. April Coutts -Clieveden has everything she’s dreamt of: she’s got the looks, charm, intelligence, money, power, wrapping any one she desires around her little finger, including Hannah’s first crush Will: a quiet gentleman, coming from wealthy family. Hannah, book-smart, shy, practical girl, raised by middle class family, allured by her roommate April’s luxurious, flamboyant, elegant life style. Who can say no to a smart dark academia takes place in Oxford and spin tingling whodunnit mystery keeps you guessing from the beginning that is written by Ruth Ware! My nerdish brains said hallelujah as soon as I saw the blurb! Ashley Winstead’s “In my dreams I hold the knife” meets Karen M McManus’ “Nothing more to tell” with a little “ Maidens” vibes: the book introduces you the group the friends who are actually so different from each other, keeping their own hidden agendas, burying their heads into their studies, attending social gatherings, partying all night, chasing their academic dreams. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder.Ī well written, gripping, action packed dark academia thrillers are my true addiction! And this book is one of the best examples as an answer to my late night thriller cravings. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realizes that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide… including a murder. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison.

By the end of the second, April was dead. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends-Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily-during their first term. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford.

The It Girl by Ruth Ware