Review: I Know What You Did by Cayce Osborne

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Jul 21

3.5 stars, rounded up.

When Petal Woznewski first hears about the hit new book to hit the shelves, she doesn't think much of it, except until she sees the book's dedication, which is dedicated to her, by name, with the tagline, "I know what you did." Worse, the book describes events, near perfectly up to the point of her best friend from middle school's death, revealing "you had to be there" details. The author's identity is kept completely confidential. Scared, and not sure who to trust, Petta, as she goes by, heads back to her hometown to look for answers, thinking she knows what must be going on. But she soon learns that there are things she apparently didn't know about her best friend and that those secrets could be deadly.

The book alternates between Petra's POV and chapters from the book.

This was a great idea for a story: someone who experienced a tragic loss and ran from it, only to suddenly have it shoved back in their face in a very public and random way. Like a New York Times bestseller. I mean, wow. And the fact that Petta maintains her innocence throughout but doesn't reveal what happened until the end keeps the air of suspense really tense throughout the book. I really loved that. It made for two mysteries essentially: who was out for revenge on Petta and why, and how did her friend Megan really die?

The only sort-of disappointing part is that I figured out who the villain was pretty quickly. It was fairly obvious, IMO. There were some little twists and turns in there along the way, but the biggest of them all wasn't that much of a surprise. That took a little bit of the fun out of it. Especially since the author tried to do a "big reveal" scene with the bad guy in the end. But oh well. I still enjoyed getting there, which is really the point, I think.

But I still held out to see how her friend died and who was responsible. That, I did not figure out.

Overall, this was a nice, quick thriller that had a good mystery at its core, and was an original premise which kept me reading. I'd recommend checking it out!

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