{"id":15428,"date":"2021-12-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=15428"},"modified":"2021-12-04T14:52:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T19:52:07","slug":"blog-tour-youll-be-the-death-of-me-by-karen-mcmanus-review-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-youll-be-the-death-of-me-by-karen-mcmanus-review-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: You&#8217;ll Be the Death of Me by Karen McManus (Review + Excerpt + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/YOULL-BE-THE-DEATH-OF-ME-banner.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: You&#039;ll Be the Death of Me by Karen McManus (Review + Excerpt + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Sunday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for YOU&#8217;LL BE THE DEATH OF ME by Karen McManus! I\u2019m so excited to share my review with you today, AND an excerpt, AND more information about the author and tour, PLUS you can enter the giveaway to win a print copy! And now without any further ado, let\u2019s get to the review!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/youll-be-the-death-of-me-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: You&#8217;ll Be the Death of Me by Karen McManus (Review + Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: You&#8217;ll Be the Death of Me by Karen McManus (Review + Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>You'll Be the Death of Me<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/karen-m-mcmanus\/\">Karen M. McManus<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  November 30, 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/delacorte-press\/\">Delacorte Press<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/mystery\/\">Mystery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/thriller\/\">Thriller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 336 <br><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/formats\/earc\/\">eARC<\/a> <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> NetGalley <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56200366-you-ll-be-the-death-of-me\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenmcmanus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/writerkmc\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/15127507.Karen_M_McManus\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DvQZGy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/writerkmc\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> <br><span class=\"star_rating\"><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><\/span> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day.<br \/>\nType A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to face the school, humiliated. Heartthrob Mateo is burned out--he's been working two jobs since his family's business failed. And outsider Cal just got stood up.... again.<br \/>\nSo when Cal pulls into campus late for class and runs into Ivy and Mateo, it seems like the perfect opportunity to turn a bad day around. They'll ditch and go into the city. Just the three of them, like old times. Except they've barely left the parking lot before they run out of things to say...<br \/>\nUntil they spot another Carlton High student skipping school--and follow him to the scene of his own murder. In one chance move, their day turns from dull to deadly. And it's about to get worse.<br \/>\nIt turns out Ivy, Mateo, and Cal still have some things in common. They all have a connection to the dead kid. And they're all hiding something.<br \/>\nNow they're all wondering--could it be that their chance reconnection wasn't by chance after all?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-12-05T11:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\nHappy Sunday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for YOU'LL BE THE DEATH OF ME by Karen McManus! I\\u2019m so excited to share my review with you today, AND an excerpt, AND more information abou\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kait Plus Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/blog-tour-youll-be-the-death-of-me-by-karen-mcmanus-review-excerpt-giveaway\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"You'll Be the Death of Me\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Karen M. McManus\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"http:\\\/\\\/www.karenmcmanus.com\\\/\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"0593175867\"\t},\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kaity\",\n\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/\"\t},\n\t\"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\"ratingValue\": 5,\n\t\t\"bestRating\": \"5\"\n\t}\n}\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Reviews-a-Book-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15617\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>did i like it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">I really liked it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>favorite character?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Ivy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>will i re-read it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">probably not? thrillers\/mysteries aren&#8217;t quite as fun when you know what happens<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>three words to describe the book<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">coincidence, misdirect, oohhhhhhhh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-Perfect-GIF-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15618\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media4.giphy.com\/media\/hcIk7zCFR3Np5dIqXq\/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47ijl5p95qdxl6yxwh0sxocsw6ktjkj2jify8fz5mt&amp;rid=giphy.gif&amp;ct=g\" alt=\"I Know Drama GIF by PeacockTV\" width=\"674\" height=\"379\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Judging-a-Book-by-its-Cover-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15619\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">okay. so. I really don&#8217;t like red covers??? but if you change the red to pink <strong><em>(like I did)<\/em><\/strong>, I love it! and everything else is fantastic! I love the fonts and the tagline <em><strong>(friends til the end)<\/strong><\/em> and the way Ivy, Mateo, and Cal&#8217;s faces are scratched out! Overall, I&#8217;d give this cover&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">9.4\/10 stars!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/This-Reminds-Me-Of-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15603\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;\">One Of Us Is Lying<\/em><span style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;\"> by Karen McManus<\/span><\/li><li><em>A Good Girl&#8217;s Guide to Murder<\/em> by Holly Jackson<\/li><li><em>Killer Content<\/em> by Kiley Roache<\/li><li><em>The Box in the Woods<\/em> by Maureen Johnson<\/li><li><em>Pretty Little Liars<\/em> by Sara Shephard<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ao3-Tags-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15620\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>#ferris bueller&#8217;s day off with MURDER<\/li><li>#childhood best friends to strangers with shared memories to friends to maybe something more?<\/li><li>#here in boston for one day only<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Read-an-Excerpt-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15623\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><b>Ivy<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I respect a good checklist, but I\u2019m beginning to think my mother went overboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSorry, what page?\u201d I ask, flipping through the handout at our kitchen table while Mom watches me expectantly via Skype. The heading reads Sterling-Shepard 20th-Anniversary Trip: Instructions for Ivy and Daniel, and it\u2019s eleven pages total. Double-sided. My mother planned the first time she and Dad ever left me and my brother alone&#8211;for four days&#8211;with the same thoroughness and military precision she brings to everything. Between the checklist and the frequent calls over Skype and FaceTime, it\u2019s like they never left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNine,\u201d Mom says. Her blond hair is pulled back in her signature French twist and her makeup is perfect, even though it\u2019s barely five a.m. in San Francisco. My parents\u2019 flight home doesn\u2019t take off for another three and a half hours, but Mom is never anything but prepared. \u201cRight after the lighting section.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAh, the lighting section.\u201d My brother, Daniel, sighs dramatically from across the table as he overfills a bowl with Lucky Charms. Daniel, despite being sixteen, has the cereal tastes of a toddler. \u201cI would have thought we could turn them on when we need them, and off when we don\u2019t. I was wrong. So very, very wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA well-lit house deters break-ins,\u201d Mom says, like we don\u2019t live on a street where the closest thing we\u2019ve ever witnessed to a criminal act is kids riding bicycles without a helmet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I keep my eyeroll to myself, though, because it\u2019s impossible to win an argument against my mother. She teaches applied statistics at MIT, and has up-to-the-minute data for everything. It\u2019s why I\u2019m thumbing through her checklist for the section on CCY Award Ceremony&#8211;a list of to-dos in preparation for Mom being named Carlton Citizen of the Year, thanks to her her contributions to a statewide report on opioid abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFound it,\u201d I say, quickly scanning the page for anything I might have missed. \u201cI picked up your dress from the dry cleaner yesterday, so that\u2019s all set.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s what I wanted to talk to you about,\u201d Mom says. \u201cOur plane is supposed to land at five-thirty. Theoretically, with the ceremony starting at seven, that\u2019s enough time to come home and change. But I just realized I never told you what to do if we\u2019re running late and need to go straight from the airport to Mackenzie Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUm.\u201d I meet her penetrating gaze through my laptop screen. \u201cCouldn\u2019t you just, you know, text me if that happens?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will if I can. But you should probably sign up for flight alerts in case the plane Wi-Fi isn\u2019t working,\u201d Mom says. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t get a signal the entire way over. Anyway, if we don\u2019t touch down before six, I\u2019d like you to meet us there and bring the dress. I\u2019ll need shoes and jewelry, too. Do you have a pen handy? I\u2019ll tell you which ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel helps himself to more cereal, and I try to suppress my usual low-simmering resentment of my brother as I hastily scribble notes. Half my life is spent wondering why I have to work twice as hard as Daniel at everything, but in this case, I asked for it. Before my parents left, I insisted on handling every aspect of the award ceremony&#8211;mainly because I was afraid that if I didn\u2019t, my mother would realize she\u2019d made a mistake by asking me, not Daniel, to introduce her. My wunderkind brother, who skipped a grade and is currently outshining me in every aspect of our senior year, would have been the logical choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of me can\u2019t help but think Mom regrets her decision. Especially after yesterday, when my one-and-only claim to school fame was brutally torpedoed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My stomach rolls as I drop the pen and push my empty cereal bowl away. Mom, ever alert, catches the motion. \u201cIvy, I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m keeping you from breakfast, aren\u2019t I?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s fine. I\u2019m not hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have to eat, though,\u201d she urges. \u201cHave some toast. Or fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The thought doesn\u2019t appeal even a little. \u201cI can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mom\u2019s forehead scrunches in concern. \u201cYou\u2019re not getting sick, are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before I have a chance to reply, Daniel loudly fake-coughs, \u201cBoney.\u201d I glare daggers at him, then glance at Mom on-screen to see if she caught the reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course she did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOh, honey,\u201d she says, her expression turning sympathetic with a touch of exasperation. \u201cYou\u2019re not still thinking about the election, are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo,\u201d I lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The election. Yesterday\u2019s debacle. Where I, Ivy Sterling-Shepard, three-time class president, lost the senior-year election to Brian \u201cBoney\u201d Mahoney. Who ran as a joke. His slogan was literally \u201cVote for Boney and I\u2019ll leave you alone-y.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, fine. It\u2019s catchy. But now Boney is class president and really will do nothing, whereas I had all kinds of plans to improve student life at Carlton High. I\u2019d been working with a local farm share on bringing organic options to the salad bar, and with one of the guidance counselors on a mediation program to resolve disputes between students. Not to mention a resource-sharing partnership with the Carlton Library so our school library could offer ebooks and audiobooks along with hard copies. I was even looking into holding a senior class blood drive for Carlton Hospital, despite the fact that I faint at the sight of needles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the end, nobody cared about any of that. So today, at exactly ten a.m., Boney is going to give his presidential victory speech to the senior class. If it\u2019s anything like our debates, it will mostly consist of long, confused pauses between fart jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve been trying to put on a brave face, but it hurts. Student government was my thing. The only activity I\u2019ve ever been better at than Daniel. Well, not better, exactly, since he never bothered to run for anything, but still. It was mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mom gives me a look that says Time for some tough love. It\u2019s one of her most powerful looks, right after Don\u2019t you dare take that tone with me. \u201cHoney, I know how disappointed you are. But you can\u2019t dwell, or you really will make yourself sick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWho\u2019s sick?\u201d My father\u2019s voice booms from someplace in their hotel room. A second later he emerges from the bathroom dressed in travel-ready casual clothes, rubbing his salt-and-pepper hair with a towel. \u201cI hope it\u2019s not you, Samantha. Not with a six-hour flight ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m perfectly fine, James. I\u2019m talking to&#8211;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dad approaches the desk where Mom is sitting. \u201cIs it Daniel? Daniel, did you pick something up at the club? I heard there was a rash of food poisoning over the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYeah, but I don\u2019t eat there,\u201d Daniel says. Dad recently got my brother a job at a country club he helped develop in the next town over, and although Daniel is only a busboy, he makes a fortune in tips. Even if he had eaten bad shellfish, he\u2019d probably drag himself into work anyway, if only to keep adding to his collection of overpriced sneakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual, I\u2019m an afterthought in the Sterling-Shepard household. I half expect my father to inquire about our dachshund, Mila, before he gets to me. \u201cNobody\u2019s sick,\u201d I say as his face comes into focus over Mom\u2019s shoulder. \u201cI\u2019m just . . . I was wondering if maybe I could go to school a little later today? Like, eleven or so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dad\u2019s brows shoot up in surprise. I haven\u2019t been absent for a single hour of my entire high school career. It\u2019s not that I never get sick. It\u2019s just that I\u2019ve always had to work so hard to stay on top of classes that I live in constant fear of falling behind. The only time I ever willingly missed school was way back in sixth grade, when I spontaneously slipped out of a boring field trip at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society with two boys from my class who, at the time, I didn\u2019t know all that well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were seated close to an exit, and at a particularly dull point in the lecture, Cal O\u2019Shea-Wallace started inching toward the auditorium door. Cal was the only kid in our class with two dads, and I\u2019d always secretly wanted to be friends with him because he was funny, had a hyphenated last name like me, and wore brightly patterned shirts that I found oddly mesmerizing. He caught my eye, and then the eye of the kid next to me, Mateo Wojcik, and made a beckoning motion with one hand. Mateo and I exchanged glances, shrugged&#8211;Why not?&#8211;and followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thought we\u2019d just linger guiltily in the hallway for a minute, but the outdoor exit was right there. When Mateo pushed it open, we stepped into bright sunshine, and a literal parade that happened to be passing by to celebrate a recent Red Sox championship. We melted into the crowd instead of returning to our seats, and spent two hours wandering around Boston on our own. We even made it back to the Horticultural Society without anyone realizing we\u2019d been gone. The whole experience&#8211;Cal called it \u201cthe Greatest Day Ever\u201d&#8211;created a fast friendship between the three of us that, at the time, seemed like it would last forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It lasted till eighth grade, which is almost the same in kid years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy eleven o\u2019clock?\u201d Dad\u2019s voice yanks me back into the present as Mom twists in her chair to look at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe post-election assembly is this morning,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAhh,\u201d Dad sighs, his handsome features settling into a sympathetic expression. \u201cIvy, what happened yesterday is a shame. But it\u2019s no reflection of your worth or ability. That wasn\u2019t the first time a buffoon has been handed an office he doesn\u2019t deserve, and it won\u2019t be the last. All you can do is hold your head high.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbsolutely.\u201d Mom nods so vigorously that a strand of hair nearly escapes her French twist. But not quite. It wouldn\u2019t dare. \u201cBesides, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Brian ends up resigning when all is said and done. He\u2019s not really cut out for student government, is he? Once the novelty wears off, you can take his place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSure,\u201d Dad says cheerfully, like being Boney Mahoney\u2019s cleanup crew wouldn\u2019t be a mortifying way to become class president. \u201cAnd remember, Ivy: anticipation is often worse than reality. I\u2019ll bet today won\u2019t be nearly as bad as you think.\u201d He puts a hand on the back of Mom\u2019s chair and they smile in unison, framed like a photograph within my laptop as they wait for me to agree. They\u2019re the perfect team: Mom cool and analytical, Dad warm and exuberant, and both of them positive that they\u2019re always right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem with my parents is that they\u2019ve never failed at anything. Samantha Sterling and James Shepard have been a power couple ever since they met at Columbia Business School, even though my dad dropped out six months later when he decided he\u2019d rather flip houses. He started here in his hometown of Carlton, a close-in suburb of Boston that turned trendy almost as soon as Dad acquired a couple of run-down old Victorians. Now, twenty years later, he\u2019s one of those recession-proof real estate developers who always manages to buy low and sell high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bottom line: neither of them understand what it\u2019s like to need a day off. Or even just a morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can\u2019t bring myself to keep complaining in the face of their combined optimism, though. \u201cI know,\u201d I say, suppressing a sigh. \u201cI was kidding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGood,\u201d Mom says with an approving nod. \u201cAnd what are you wearing tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe dress Aunt Helen sent,\u201d I say, feeling a flicker of enthusiasm return. My mother\u2019s much older sister might be pushing sixty, but she has excellent taste&#8211;and lots of discretionary income, thanks to the hundreds of thousands of romance novels she sells every year. Her latest gift is from a Belgian designer I\u2019ve never heard of before, and it\u2019s the most fashionable thing I\u2019ve ever owned. Tonight will be the first time I\u2019ve worn it outside my bedroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat about shoes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t own shoes that do the dress justice, but that can\u2019t be helped. Maybe Aunt Helen will come through on those when she sells her next book. \u201cBlack heels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPerfect,\u201d Mom says. \u201cNow, in terms of dinner, make sure you don\u2019t wait for us since we\u2019re cutting it so close. You could unfreeze some of the chili, or&#8211;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m going to Olive Garden with Trevor,\u201d Daniel interrupts. \u201cAfter lacrosse practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mom frowns. \u201cAre you sure you\u2019ll have time for that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s my brother\u2019s cue to change his plans, but he doesn\u2019t take it. \u201cTotally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mom looks ready to protest, but Dad raps his knuckles on the desk before she can. \u201cBetter sign off, Samantha,\u201d he says. \u201cYou still have to pack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight,\u201d Mom sighs. She hates to rush when it comes to packing, so I think we\u2019re done until she adds, \u201cOne last thing, Ivy&#8211;do you have your remarks for the ceremony all ready?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYeah, of course.\u201d I\u2019d spent most of the weekend working on them. \u201cI emailed them yesterday, remember?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOh, I know. They\u2019re wonderful. I just meant . . .\u201d For the first time since we started speaking, Mom looks unsure of herself, which almost never happens. \u201cYou\u2019re going to bring a hard copy with you, right? I know how you&#8211;I know you can get nervous in front of a crowd, sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My stomach tightens. \u201cIt\u2019s in my backpack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDaniel!\u201d Dad barks suddenly. \u201cTurn the computer, Ivy. I want to talk to your brother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat? Why?\u201d Daniel asks defensively as I spin the laptop, my cheeks starting to burn with remembered humiliation. I know what\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cListen, son.\u201d I can\u2019t see Dad anymore, but I can picture him trying to put on his stern face. Despite his best efforts, it\u2019s not even a little bit intimidating. \u201cI need you to promise that you will not, under any circumstances, mess with your sister\u2019s notes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDad, I wouldn\u2019t&#8211; God.\u201d Daniel slumps in his chair, rolling his eyes exaggeratedly, and it takes everything in me not to throw my cereal bowl at his head. \u201cCan everyone please get over that? It was supposed to be a joke. I didn\u2019t think she\u2019d actually read the damn thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s not a promise,\u201d Dad says. \u201cThis is a big night for your mother. And you know how much you upset your sister last time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If they keep talking about this, I really will throw up. \u201cDad, it\u2019s fine,\u201d I say tightly. \u201cIt was just a stupid prank. I\u2019m over it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou don\u2019t sound over it,\u201d Dad points out. Correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I turn my laptop back toward me and paste on a smile. \u201cI am, really. It\u2019s old news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on my father\u2019s dubious expression, he doesn\u2019t believe me. And he shouldn\u2019t. Compared to yesterday\u2019s fresh humiliation, sure&#8211;what happened last spring is old news. But I am not, in any way, shape, or form, over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/About-the-Author-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15614\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\"><h3>About Karen M. McManus<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/01-karen-mcmanus-350x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>Karen M. McManus is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of young adult thrillers. Her work, which includes the One of Us Is Lying series, Two Can Keep a Secret, The Cousins, and You'll Be the Death of Me, has been translated into more than 40 languages worldwide. Karen lives in Massachusetts and holds a master's degree in Journalism from Northeastern University, which she mostly uses to draft fake news stories for her novels. For more information, visit www.karenmcmanus.com or @writerkmc on Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenmcmanus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/writerkmc\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/15127507.Karen_M_McManus\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DvQZGy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/writerkmc\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15615\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week One<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>11\/22\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natreads.com\/\">NatReads<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/23\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thereadingwordsmith.blogspot.com\/\">@readingwordsmith<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/24\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amysbooknook8\/\">@amysbooknook8<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/25\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/biancabuysbooks\/\">BiancaBuysBooks<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/26\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennifermaryg.com\/\">For the Love of KidLit<\/a><\/td><td>Excerpt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/27\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookhoundsya.net\/\">Bookhounds YA<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week Two<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>11\/28\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/simplybeccamee\">@simplybeccamee<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/29\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jenguerdy\">Jenguerdy<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/30\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thindbooks.wordpress.com\/\">Thindbooks Blog<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/1\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/midnightbooklover\/\">Midnightbooklover<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/2\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/booklovingnut.com\/\">The Book Nut<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/3\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/curlygrannylovestoread\">@curlygrannylovestoread&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/4\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thebookreviewcrew.com\/\">The book review crew<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week Three<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>12\/5\/2021<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/kaitgoodwin.com\/books\"><strong>Kait Plus Books<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>Review<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/6\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/itstartsatmidnight.com\/\">It Starts at Midnight&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/7\/2021<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/coffeedogsandbooks.wordpress.com\/\">Coffee, Dogs &amp; 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Have you added it&nbsp;to your tbr yet?&nbsp;Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Sunday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for YOU&#8217;LL BE THE DEATH OF ME by Karen McManus! 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And now without any further ado, let\u2019s get to the review!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,484,1001,27,30],"tags":[537,12,3627,540,462,196,538,3628],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-15428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-review","category-book-tours","category-excerpt","category-giveaways","category-reviews","tag-blog-tour","tag-book-review","tag-december-2021","tag-giveaway","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-reviews","tag-rockstar-book-tours","tag-youll-be-the-death-of-me","book-author-karen-m-mcmanus","book-publisher-delacorte-press","book-genre-contemporary","book-genre-mystery","book-genre-thriller","book-genre-ya","book-source-netgalley","book-format-earc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Youll-Be-the-Death-of-Me-Featured-Image-2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15428"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15873,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15428\/revisions\/15873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15428"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=15428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}