A review by astralfeline
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Loved it just as much as I loved the first one. Listened to the audiobook and it was a great experience. The only thing I didn't really understand were the few scenes with fatphobia/body shaming. I wasn't even personally picturing the character as fat (idk if he's described that way, I may have just missed that detail I'm not sure) so when he was later referred to as fat and shamed about losing weight or something I was a little shocked. I understand why the author did that since there are plot points related to it later in the story, but I honestly don't think the body shaming needed to be included personally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia

The body shaming / fatphobia isn't super graphic and the plot moves along quickly, however it is used as a plot device in multiple scenes and one of the characters is referred to as fat with negative intent during a scene so I wanted to include it. Also the rape and sexual assault is mostly references and flashbacks to the previous book, there aren't any new scenes that include SA from what I remember.