Most will know Sara Shepard from her books Pretty Little Liars, which unless you've been living under a rock for the last 10 years, also know that series was turned into a VERY successful TV show on ABC Family. I LOVE the show and I've also read almost all of the books in the Pretty Little Liars series so when I saw her name pop up for a series called, The Amateurs, I was ready to buy before I read the first synopsis. I'm a sucker for a good mystery and young adult fiction. I maybe should be reading something more sophisticated at my age but reading is a nice escape for me and one that I just want to enjoy and not think about too much. The Amateurs is the first of the 3 novels in this series....so far. It centers around Helena a girl who went missing 5 years ago and a small group of amateur sleuths who uncover what REALLY happened to Helena. While unraveling the mystery of the young girl's disappearance each member of the group opens up about their own hardships and struggles that the case brings forward. Each member grows alone and together forming an unbreakable friendship. The twist at the end was never seen by the reader or the other characters and it left me wanting to jump right into book two.
Five years ago, high school senior Helena Kelly disappeared from her backyard in Dexby, Connecticut, never to be heard from again. Her family was left without any answers--without any idea who killed Helena, or why. So when eighteen-year-old Seneca Frazier sees a desperate post on the Case Not Closed message board, she knows it's time to change that. Helena's high-profile disappearance is the one that originally got Seneca addicted to true crime. It's the reason she's a member of the site in the first place. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, she agrees to spend spring break in Connecticut working on the case with Maddy Wright, her friend from Case Not Closed. However, the moment she steps off the train, things start to go wrong. Maddy's nothing like she expected, and Helena's sister, Aerin, doesn't seem to want any help after all. Plus, Seneca has a secret of her own, one that could derail the investigation if she's not careful. Alongside Brett, another super-user from the site, they slowly begin to unravel the secrets Helena kept in the weeks before her disappearance. But the killer is watching... and determined to make sure the case stays cold.
I started another book and only in the first few pages decided to buy the second book in this series and read it first. Currently reading Follow Me on my NEW paper white Kindle and I'm loving it so far.
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