TELL ME WHAT REALLY HAPPENED by Chelsea Sodoti was a fast-paced YA whodunnit novel. An innocent weekend in the woods where girls have disappeared before but five friends figured they'd be safe. They were just looking for a getaway weekend to escape the drama of their lives back home. But when Maylee went missing, everything changed and not in the way any of them wanted. The four friends that came back are all interrogated to find the truth about what happened in the woods.
I really enjoyed the different perspectives and how the story unfolded in TELL ME WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. Chelsea Sodoti kept me guessing about what happened up until the end. If you want an action-packed mystery where you don't figure it out immediately, this is definitely the novel for you!
There are stories about the woods around Salvation Creek, about the people who have gone missing. Now their friend is one of them. A riveting, fast-paced YA mystery told entirely through first person police interviews of four teens over the course of a few hours.
It was all her idea. They would get away from their parents and spend the weekend camping. Down by Salvation Creek, the five of them would make smores, steal kisses, share secrets.
But sometime around midnight, she vanished.
Now the four friends who came back are under suspicion—and they each have a very different story to tell about what happened in the woods.
The clock is ticking. What are they hiding? Who is lying? Dark truths must come to light if their friend is to be found…
Told entirely through first-person police interviews, this riveting mystery asks: what really happened that night?
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