While Kiss Me Kill Me implicated certain characters in Dan’s death, Kisses and Lies introduces several new suspects-and raises some tantalizing questions about the boy himself.īy the end of Kisses and Lies, the story’s central mystery has been settled, but plenty of intriguing minor points are left unresolved.

Over the course of the novel, Scarlett travels from London nightclubs to a Scottish castle, desperate to learn more about the death of Dan McAndrew, the boy who died in her arms of a freak allergy attack moments after giving Scarlett her first kiss. Happily for her readers, Henderson’s sequel, the just-released Kisses and Lies, is even better, emphasizing the story’s mystery elements instead of its rich-kids-misbehaving ones. Kiss Me Kill Me had its faults (too many plot threads were left unresolved at the end of the novel), but its storytelling and characterization stood head and shoulders above the majority of the books in the “glamorous teen” genre. Now Plum, Scarlett's arch nemesis and someone who knows about Dan McAndrew's death, is attending Wakefield Hall and Scarlett doesn't know what is going to happen.Kiss Me Kill Me, the first book in Lauren Henderson’s series featuring 16-year-old Scarlett Wakefield, was an unexpected delight: a YA mystery that blended the guilty pleasures of the Gossip Girl series with the girl-power attitude of a Nancy Drew book.

The plan ended up backfiring because Nadia had an even worse video of Plum that ended up getting her expelled from school. However, before giving up the information, Nadia made Scarlett and Taylor delete a video of her from Plum's phone. Before Scarlett went to Scotland, she contacted a girl from St. Scarlett's relationship with Jase seems to be going in the direction they both want it to, but when they get caught by Jase's dad it is evident he does not approve, but they can't figure out why. She felt like she was leaning on Taylor too much, so she didn't tell her when she contacted the McAndrew family, and even though it had a negative effect on their relationship, Taylor shows up just in time to help Scarlett save Calum McAndrew. And while Scarlett is in Scotland trying to figure this all out, she's also hiding from the problems she left behind at Wakefield Hall. So she poisoned one of her brothers and attempted to shoot the other. My Review: This story picks up right where the first book left off and it answers the big question: Who had a reason to kill Dan McAndrew? The answer was his own sister, who didn't agree that the family estate should be given to the oldest male heir of the household, especially when he didn't even appreciate it, to begin with.

Kisses and Lies by Lauren Henderson