Review: Kill Joy (A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder #0.5)

Kill Joy (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #0.5)
By Holly Jackson

Published By: Electric Monkey
Publication Date: February 18, 2021
Date Read: October 21, 2021
Genre: YA – Thriller / Mystery
Source: Bought
Format: Paperback
Pages: 111

From Goodreads:
Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for her friend’s murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920’s fancy dress and pretending that their town, Little Kilton, is an island called Joy. But when the game begins, Pip finds herself drawn into the make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder.

But as Pip plays detective, teasing out the identity of the killer clue-by-clue, the murder of the fictional Reginald Remy isn’t the only case on her mind …

Find out where it all began for Pip in this prequel to the best-selling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and Good Girl, Bad Blood.

I fell head over heels in love with Holly Jackson’s amazing writing style the other year when I picked up YA Thriller, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. I instantly loved her characters and the way she kept me completely guessing right till the very end. So, when I saw this short prequel novella that was released for World Book Day, I just had to get it and read ‘where it all started’.

I wish I had loved this novella, but honestly, I was a little bored all the way through. It’s a fun read but I don’t personally feel like it adds anything to the characters or the story. I ended up skim reading quite a lot of it. It takes place before A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and Pip and friends are at a Murder Mystery party, and this is what gives her the idea of basing her EPQ on the murder of Andie Bell. It was cute and fun but I definitely don’t think this is a necessary addition to the series and I think you’d be fine skipping this one.

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