Review: Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday
TITLE: Deadly Cool
AUTHOR: Gemma Halliday
PAGES: 303
PUBLISHER: HarperTeen
RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2011
SYNOPSIS: Hartley Grace
Featherstone is having a very bad day. First she finds out that her
boyfriend is cheating on her with the president of the Herbert Hoover
High School Chastity Club. Then he's pegged as the #1 suspect in a
murder. And if that weren't enough, now he's depending on Hartley to
clear his name. Seriously? Not cool.
But as much as Hartley wouldn't mind seeing him squirm, she knows he's innocent, and she's the only one who can help him. Along with her best friend, Sam, and the school's resident Bad Boy, Chase, Hartley starts investigating on her own. But as the dead bodies begin to pile up, the mystery deepens, the suspects multiply, and Hartley begins to fear that she may be the killer's next victim.
But as much as Hartley wouldn't mind seeing him squirm, she knows he's innocent, and she's the only one who can help him. Along with her best friend, Sam, and the school's resident Bad Boy, Chase, Hartley starts investigating on her own. But as the dead bodies begin to pile up, the mystery deepens, the suspects multiply, and Hartley begins to fear that she may be the killer's next victim.
(2 out of 5 quills)
"As an eff-you to my crappy mood I put on a pair of skinny jeans, some sparkly silver flats, and a loose T-shirt with silver sequins all over..." That quote about sums up what I liked about this book. In a novel that feels drawn out and repetitive the only thing that kept me reading was the smart-mouthed protagonist, Hartley. From the beginning I knew I was definitely not in for an emotion evoking tale, but I did have hopes that the suspense of it all would have me on the edge of my seat. Boy, was I sorely mistaken!
There are so many moments of complete absurdity that I found myself shaking my head at the ridiculousness of it all (Hartley going to meet Deep Blogger... by herself... at midnight... then doing it AGAIN!). I feel as though Gemma Halliday tried to create a spark between Hartley and Chase whilst still trying to have us empathise with what was between her and Josh, but I wasn't feeling either of them. We knew so little of Chase that we could not connect with him at all and Josh was so much of a douche bag that any time she was near him it just felt dirty.
I definitely won't be recommending this book to anyone looking for a good read, and Hartleys witty banter just won't be enough for me to pick up the sequel (Social Suicide).
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