THE LEGACIES BY JESSICA GOODMAN

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The Legacies by Jessica Goodman is glitzy, twisty, and totally addictive—I loved it! Ms. Fair told me to drop everything and read this next because it had all the things I love in a book, and she was absolutely right. It opens with a murder at a fancy NYC private school’s ultra-exclusive ball and then flashes back to the days leading up to the ball and switches between three girls—Bernie, Isobel, and Tori—who are all invited to join the elite Legacy Club. Bernie and Isobel come from money, but Tori’s a scholarship kid, and her invite throws everyone off, including Tori. I expected the characters to be kind of stereotypical, but I was pleasantly surprised—the main characters are a lot more layered than they first seem. I flew through this fast-paced mystery and enjoyed every second of it!


 

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