The Rumour by Lesley Kara

When Joanne moves back to her hometown of Flinton with her young son Archie the last thing she expects to hear is a rumour going round about child murderer Sally now living in the area too.

Sally killed a younger boy when she was ten years old after being subject to abusive parents after playing outside with the boy, his sister and their other friend's.

As things get heated among the community, Joanne starts to find herself being scared and panics for her son's safety after a creepy Twitter account and a doctored photo show Archie could be in danger.

However her journalist partner Michael moves back in and is intrigued in the mystery wanting to write about Sally's life and how she's coping now after being locked away then having ever changing identities over the years.

Only when they discover who Sally is and where she is, everything comes crashing down...

This book was blooming amazing, the mystery never stops at all and you'll have reason to suspect everyone Joanne comes into contact with or at least I know I did! The killer was a surprise in this case though it shows how you can think you know someone and have it turn out you don't really!

A Taste Of Blue Light by Lydia Ruffles

This book focuses on the life of Lux and her friends Mei and Olivia. As well as Henry and Cal her two love interests through the book.

The main plot is that she can't recall what happened during the summer after she wakes up one day in hospital unable to remember just what has happened.

She attends an arts school and writes but after the brain injury, struggles to get back to herself.

Overall the main focus is on the sensitivity of the brain and injury whilst also looking into the cause in this case being a major event, a terrorist plot. It was an okay book but I didn't find it relatable in any way and found the first third of the book to be a drag.

Goodbye Perfect by Sara Barnard

When perfect student Bonnie goes missing no one least of all her best friend Eden, expects her to have fun off with Mr Cohn, her music teacher! She called him 'Jack', so Eden assumed he was their age despite her acting so secretive over it.

Growing up in care, Eden's life has been turbulent but with steady friend Bonnie vanishing she experiences anger, jealousy and despair over wanting her back, over her friends selfishness at how she's treating her caring family, something she never naturally had.

However, through all this, Carolyn her adoptive mum and her biological daughter Valerie, Get a bit closer to the family Eden has craved after for so long. As well as Connor her steady boyfriend helping in any way he can being supportive and devoted to helping her.

The only twist is all along since Bonnie ran off, Eden has been getting texts from her telling her about where they are and going to. But Eden can't cope and eventually the weight of knowledge gets too much...

Set over a dramatic week when taking GCSES plus a flash forward to August results day, we see how grooming works from the point of an outsider and not one of the couple involved.
It was a dramatic read but the ending didn't satisfy me completely as we don't find out what specifically he got charged with, how Bonnie is doing and how she coped in the time following the couple's split.

Overall, it was alike Anne Cassidy's books and it did keep me entranced to read on and on.