📖✨ Book Review: The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman ✨📖

A prestigious boarding school. A dead girl. A best friend who swears she heard nothing. And a small-school journalist desperate for the truth. The Meadowbrook Murders is the perfect storm of dark academia, deep-rooted secrets, and reluctant allies forced together by a crime no one wants solved.

Set against the elite backdrop of Meadowbrook Academy, this murder mystery unfolds through a dual POV—giving us both Liz, a socially ostracized journalist hungry for a big story, and Amy, the best friend and roommate of the victim, who somehow didn’t hear a thing the night of the murder. Suspicious? Absolutely. But Liz isn’t exactly an open book, either. As the two are tangled in the same mystery, it’s impossible to tell who’s withholding the most. The complexity of these characters adds a layer of intrigue to the narrative.

The whodunnit energy is immaculate, with every chapter peeling back new layers of privilege, ambition, and betrayal. The setting? Pure dark academia— mostly empty private boarding schools, secrets around every corner, and students who look polished on the outside but are drowning in hidden agendas. And because no boarding school is complete without its skeletons, Meadowbrook plays just as significant a role as its students.

Fast-paced and utterly engrossing, this book kept me second-guessing everyone, including Liz and Amy. The plot unfolds at a breakneck speed, keeping the reader engaged and on their toes. The reluctant alliance between them is dripping with tension—neither entirely trusts the other, but they need each other. And that uneasy partnership? Brilliant!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | If you love boarding school thrillers and murder mysteries with a dual POV twist, The Meadowbrook Murders should be next on your list!