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Friends Like These

by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Secrets fracture a beach-town friend group

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praise from Jessica Goodman

    Goodman praises the book as sharp, atmospheric, and wildly fast-paced.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Secrets fracture a beach-town friend group

Set in a small California beach town at the close of summer, Friends Like These begins with Jessica reluctantly attending Tegan’s party with her boyfriend, Jake. A humiliating incident there leaves Jessica questioning the people around her, and the situation escalates when a girl disappears and a body is found on the beach. Suspicion moves through the group as private grudges, shifting loyalties, and Jake’s concealed information come into view. The book centers on the consequences of a single night and on the unstable boundary between friendship, rivalry, and betrayal.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teen and young-adult readers seeking a mystery centered on a missing girl and a suspicious death
  • Fans of friend-group secrets, rivalries, and unreliable loyalties
  • Readers interested in contemporary California beach-town settings

Themes

Friendship and betrayalSecrets and suspicionJealousyConsequences of choicesMissing person mystery

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Book overview

A razor-sharp thriller packed with dark secrets and explosive twists, it "raises the stakes at every turn (Kirkus) and is "full of atmospheric thrills" (Paste).

When a girl goes missing and a body is found, everyone is a suspect.

"Sharp, atmospheric, and wildly fast-paced"--Jessica Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of They'll Never Catch Us

"Intoxicating and propulsive; an emotional rollercoaster that doesn't let up until the final, brutal twist."--Alexa Donne, author of The Ivies


Mistake number one . . .

Fun-loving Jake tells his girlfriend, Jessica, that they have to go to Tegan's end-of-summer party in their tiny California beach town. Jessica doesn't like parties, and she doesn't like Tegan, who has an obvious, obsessive crush on Jake. But she agrees to go, to make Jake happy.

Mistake number two . . .

Something awful happens at the party. Something so embarrassing that Jessica doesn't know if she can ever get over it--and Jake will do whatever it takes to earn her forgiveness. And now a girl is missing. Everyone is a suspect. And Jake seems to have a lot to hide. . . .

When a body is discovered at the beach, friends start turning on friends, and lies start piling upon lies. What happened could destroy their lives. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Mistake number three . . .

"This tangled story about terrible choices, mistaken assumptions, and the all-to-thin line between friends and enemies expertly cranks up the tension chapter-by-chapter until it leaves you dangling on the edge of a cliff and desperate for answers."--Ginny Myers Sain, author of Dark and Shallow Lies
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