Kill Joy: The YA mystery thriller prequel and companion novella to the bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. TikTok made me buy it!

If you've had a scroll through my previous reviews you'll see that I loved A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. It was my first experience of reading a YA Mystery and I was so enthralled by it that I binge read it. I have the sequel Good Girl, Bad Blood on my bookshelf waiting for me to pick it up and the final(?) book As Good as Dead on preorder. That's how good A Good Girl's Guide to Murder was for me. I'm committed to the series and the main character Pip. So you can imagine, when I saw that for World Book Day, Holly Jackson had wrote a short prequel, Kill Joy, that takes place quite literally just before AGGGTM. That I had to have it and it didn't disappoint. This book is a tiny 124, so really quite to read. It's packed with Holly's signature engaging writing style and gives us the Pip we all know and love. Holly has also written it, in a way that the trilogy won't be ruined by reading it. So you can read this first, get a taster for some of the characters and go into the series without spoilers. Which I love. In so few pages, Holly has also done a great job of introducing Pip and her friends, clearly showing their personalities and connections. It feels exactly like a teenagers murder mystery party. The murder mystery aspect is quite engaging and I can't fault the way it all penned out. Having read AGGGTM, I sat there thinking "Yes, this is how it would be". I don't want to say to much on this one, as it is such a short book. It's so definitely worth the read. It's fun, light and brings you into Pip's world and draws you into the series, which everyone needs to read btw. I'm conscious this isn't much of a review, but I really don't want to spoil it. There's nothing I didn't like. I love Holly's writing style, it's impossible not to love Pip and just back her. The characters are well thought out and formed. It's an all round winner for me.

I find short stories can be really hit or miss, but this was brilliant. The short page count didn't do this a diesservice at all, and the premise really fits the Good Girls Guide to Murder world. We follow Pip at a murder mystery themed dinner party, where her thirst for the truth truly begins.

I really enjoyed this prequel. I'm a huge fan of the A Good Girls Guide To Murder series, and I was very excited to get my hands on this. I read it in one sitting. I was unsure how a prequel to the first book would go, but I was surprised at how well this worked. I loved the idea, and it was just a really fun, quick read.

After reading all of a good girls guide to murders books and only reading this one after, I must say it really is worth it especially the exclusive look into Pip’s life before her first case.

Solid prequel following Pip from a Good Girl's Guide To Murder, thrilling book with much to unpack and follow, hooked me start to finish, recommend fully.

Holly Jackson is one of my favourite authors & is always an instant buy for me when I see her books, plus I love the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series so when I saw she had written an prequel for it, I instantly had to buy it plus who doesn’t love a murder mystery night! It was really interesting seeing the characters from a POV before all of the crazy ongoing sod the main series & starting to see Pippa start to get a mind for solving things, it was the perfect little prequel, I read it in one sitting, would definitely recommend & if you haven’t read the main series, RUN DON’T WALK to buy it!!!

Enjoyed this book tremendously. Had never read any books by this author previously would definitely recommend

Great read. Prequel to the Good Girls Guide to Murder series, explains Pip’s backstory and motivations Honestly it was a bit short for my liking and still wasn’t a great explanation but was fun to read

Muy entretenido

Loved it, short read, read the other three good girl guides before this, was a great addition and set up the sequels perfectly. I would read the series first, however.

Spannend boek, ik was al fan door a rood girls guide to murder.

it was a good book in my opinion, i really enjoyed it

read it in 1 hour you should deffo read it before the agggtm series