Review: Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide To Murder #2)

Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder #2)
By Holly Jackson

Published By: Electric Monkey
Publication Date: April 30, 2020
Date Read: October 24, 2021
Genre: YA – Thriller
Source: Bought
Format: Paperback
Pages: 417

From Goodreads:
More dark secrets are exposed in this true-crime fueled mystery.

Pip is not a detective anymore.

With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her.

But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the sixth-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh.

The police won’t do anything about it. And if they won’t look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town’s dark secrets along the way… and this time everyone is listening. But will she find him before it’s too late?

“What do you do when the things that are supposed to protect you, fail you like that?”

After absolutely loving A Good Girls Guide to Murder when it first released, I was so excited when I heard Holly was writing a second book in this series. Then when it released, story of my life, I was distracted by other books and never got around to picking it up. As I love a good spooky book around Halloween time, I decided to finally pick up this second book to read in October. I’m so glad that I did, as I loved this book even more than the first one.

Good Girl, Bad Blood follows the story of Pip, who has promised not to do any more investigating for her podcast. She became too obsessed last time and it almost ruined her life. But when her friend’s brother goes missing without a trace, she is sucked back into her investigating in order to help find him. The police won’t do anything, so Pip has to. But things may get more dangerous than Pip could ever expect.

I absolutely loved Good Girl, Bad Blood. I felt like it was so much more addictive than the first book. I couldn’t put this one down. I was completely sucked into this mystery and I couldn’t stop guessing what could possibly have happened. There were certain moments in this book that actually gave me chills. I was freaked out and so scared about what was going to happen. While I did guess some of the events that happen in this book, I never could have guessed the way it played out. I absolutely loved every single moment of this book and I can’t wait to read the final book in this trilogy.

If you’re a fan of YA Thrillers that will keep you guessing at every turn, then I cannot recommend this series enough. Good Girl, Bad Blood was phenomenal. Although I won’t be diving straight into the third book (I can’t binge read guys, I get bored), I can’t wait to pick it up, hopefully in the near future and see how everything plays out for Pip. She is such an awesome character and I am desperate to see how it all ends for her and Ravi.

“I think we all get to decide what good and bad and right and wrong mean to us, not what we’re told to accept.”