Truly Devious: A Review
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (mystery - young adult, 2018) my rating - 4,5/5 Truly Devious is the first book of The Truly Devious Trilogy. It is a young-adult mystery about a school, Ellingham Academy, where the students are all geniuses in different subjects. The first year the school opened, 1936, the founder's wife and daughter were kidnapped on the grounds of the school and a student was murdered. Now, many years later, Stevie Bell, a gifted teenager with a passion for crime-solving has a single goal. To solve the mystery of the Academy. It was the first time I read a young-adult mystery and I was impressed. It is a very nice and enjoyable book. The story is so well written and it combines mystery and teenagers perfectly. I devoured it in a day! It ended with a shocking plot twist so the moment I was done I immediately ordered the rest of the trilogy! However, except for the engaging story, the book refers to some society issues I found very interesting. Truly ...