Review: Envy

Title: Envy

Author: Gregg Olsen

Series: Empty Coffin #1

Release Date: August 23^rd, 2011

Number of Pages: 285

Publisher: Splinter

Source: Bought

Murder is such a dirty word…

New York Times bestselling adult true crime author Gregg Olsen makes his YA debut with EMPTY COFFIN, a gripping new fiction series for teens based on ripped-from-the-headlines stories…with a paranormal touch.

Crime lives--and dies--in the deceptively picture-perfect town of Port Gamble (aka “Empty Coffin”), Washington. Evil lurks and strange things happen--and 15-year-olds Hayley and Taylor Ryan secretly use their wits and their telepathic “twin-sense” to uncover the truth about the town's victims and culprits. 
 
Envy, the series debut, involves the mysterious death of the twins' old friend, Katelyn. Was it murder? Suicide? An accident? Hayley and Taylor are determined to find out--and as they investigate, they stumble upon a dark truth that is far more disturbing than they ever could have imagined. 
 
Based on the shocking true crime about cyber-bullying, Envy will take you to the edge--and push you right over.

I’m kind of on the fence about this book. Yes, I did enjoy it. Yet, it wasn’t what I was expecting. I had read it was inspired by a true story. Mother cyberbullying one of her daughter’s friend after an argument between both teenagers, which resulted in a suicide. That was what I was expecting. Police doing their work, looking for answers. Her family and friends wondering what happened. I wasn’t prepared for the particular talents of both of the twins.

Hayley and Taylor each have a particular talent to know things. It wouldn’t have annoyed me if I had known before that before reading it. It left me slightly skeptical. Other than that, I enjoyed reading the twins point of views, because it gave us to different, yet similar views of the story. I loved how they both were mature. I probably wouldn’t have had the courage of reading it if they had both been whiny.

The story was well paced, and it was incredibly hard for me to put it down. I wanted to know what was going to happen next, even though I thought I knew. Boy, did the ending surprise me! I never thought this was how everything would end! This is the kind of book you don't want to say to much about, because you're scared to spoil something. 

I already am excited for the second Empty Coffin Novel, Betrayal, which is supposed to come out in Fall 2012.

If you like true crime with twist, this book is amazing for that. Just be aware of the psychic twist.