

She is soon joined by Maeve Rojas and her former boyfriend turned best friend Knox.


The first person to fall victim is Phoebe Lawton, who is in an unhealthy relationship and has also fallen out with her older sister Emma. If they choose a truth, then a deeply uncomfortable fact about that person is widely distributed. This time it is a game of truth or dare, in which somebody is given the option via text message. On the bright side, it does deliver a mystery with multiple potential suspects and its fair share of unpredictability, which is only resolved by a surprising twist on the very last page.Ī year on from the death of Simon Kelleher and the national headlines that followed, the latest of several copycat forums has appeared, with the aim of spilling the deepest secrets of the students attending Bayview High. There was nothing really special about the main characters here and as such, it was hard to become fully invested in this particular story, which was also told at a relatively slow pace to begin with. The most obvious and indeed problematic of these changes was that this time we have a whole new set of protagonists, who were much less easy to connect with than the ‘Bayview Four’ of the previous book. There are some interesting new ideas and a plot that presented a whole range of possibilities, but the end product was largely underwhelming as the central concept brought little in the way of genuine excitement, only becoming more gripping towards the end with variable results.Īlthough there are obvious similarities to One Of Us Is Lying, some of the essential elements that made that such a thrilling read were cast aside here. Īs sequels go, this one was somewhat hit and miss. The teenagers of Bayview must work together once again to find the culprit, before it’s too late. Choosing the truth may reveal your darkest secrets, accepting the dare could be dangerous, even deadly. It is a year after the action of One of Us Is Lying, and someone has started playing a game of Truth or Dare.īut this is no ordinary Truth or Dare. As always, the buddy read was a lot of fun! McManus’ standalone novel Two Can Keep A Secret.

We have now read both books in this series together and are about to start Karen M. This was a buddy read with my friend Ellie. Trigger warnings: Child death, strong sexual references, cancer sub-plot
