Summer Book 14

The Third Twin by CJ Omololu

I hate when you come across a book, read the blurb and it sounds amazing, but it turns out being boring for 2/3 of the book. That was the case with this one.

The premise was good. Lexi and Ava are twins, and seniors in high school. Ever since they were little and got in trouble, they would blame Alicia--who didn't actually exist. Now that they are older, they use Alicia to go out on dates with guys they'd never be caught dead with otherwise. The book even starts out with Lexi as Alicia, going out with some guy that Ava decided wasn't good enough for her when she was Alicia. The guy wouldn't take no for an answer, so Lexi scratched his face with her keys, and a few days later, they find out he'd been murdered.

In the intervening day, Lexi (as herself) runs into another guy who dated Ava (as Alicia), and ends up going out with him later. Ava, meanwhile is dating another guy, and he ends up dead. Since Lexi knows she didn't do it, she is convinced Ava is killing these guys and framing Lexi. So Lexi goes to warn Eli, which doesn't work out so well, since he ends up dead. The law is looking for Lexi, and she has to do whatever is necessary to clear her name, even though the evidence is piling up against her.

When the book finally gets good, the last hundred pages or so, so much is revealed and things start to make sense, even if parts are a little predictable. And of course, in my effort to not ruin the ending for you, I can't tell you about the good parts.

I didn't love this book, but I can't say I hated it. The last third of the book made it worthwhile, but I guess I was just expecting more. Oh well, they can't all be amazing all the way through.