In this book Emma again tries to find out who killed her while impersonating Sutton. The mystery this time focuses on the "Twitter Twins" and a prank that Sutton pulled on them. Emma needs to figure out if they are the killers.
I didn't find this book as entertaining as the last. The plot was not as focused and did not flow as well and there was no real resolution that I was pushing towards. Additionally, the gimmick of having Sutton narrate for Emma and the constant reminders of everything that Emma was using belonging to Sutton (Emma went to Sutton's Room and sat at Sutton's chair to use Sutton's Computer and then played with Sutton's locket) made for very clunky reading. Again at the end the reader knows NOTHING about who killed Sutton and everyone in the book is still a suspect (although some have been ruled out more than others).
Appropriateness: This is one of those books that will give conservative parents lots of worry. There is plenty of sex talk (although no actual sex), lots of drinking (complete with drinking games), criminal activity, mean girl bullying and even a bit of drug use. There is not as much fashion or name dropping as in the first book. However, the characters in the book in no way appear normal (they're super rich) and Emma quite frequently looks down on their bad behavior. I wouldn't give the book to a high reading elementary schooler but if your middle grade reader wants to read the book it would be good to use it as an opening to have discussions of how to deal with peer pressure situations that they may find themselves in when they're older.
