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- Nutty Bookworm
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Book Info:
Nothing Bad Happens Here by Rachel Ekstrom Courage
Genre: Young Adult Thriller
Publishing Date: March 18, 2025
Synopsis:
A carefree New England vacation is just what sixteen-year-old Lucia needs to chase her sadness away. At least, according to her mom, who whisks them away for the summer with her ridiculously wealthy new boyfriend. Nothing bad happens in Nantucket, a charming island with cobblestone streets and million-dollar cottages.
But when Lucia stumbles upon the body of a teenage girl on a beach, the discovery reopens old wounds from her past. With the dead girl’s identity a mystery, Lucia takes it upon herself to investigate and crosses paths with Selah and her pack of devil-may-care besties. The three girls are beautiful, chaotic, and a little wild—and they help Lucia forget her crushing sense of grief and loneliness. But as Lucia becomes a part of their shimmering world, she begins to suspect that there are dark secrets hidden in this quiet enclave, and that uncovering them may be the key to solving the dead girl’s murder. Not everything on this island is what it seems…
Content Warning: grief
Book Links:
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nothing-bad-happens-here-rachel-ekstrom-courage/1146045015
About the Author:
Rachel Ekstrom Courage is the author of the Young Adult thriller Nothing Bad Happens Here (PRH/Delacorte) and Murder By Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery (Hyperion Avenue/Disney). She lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband (the children’s book author Nick Courage) and their dog, Chaely.
By day she’s the founder of Courage Literary, advocating for books and authors that make the world a better, smarter, and more interesting place. As a literary agent, Rachel has represented New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Best Sellers. Her clients include GoodReads Choice Award Winners, IndieNext Picks and Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections as well as finalists for the Lambda Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the ITW Thriller Award.
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I liked the premise of the book and at the beginning I was hooked. I loved the descriptions of Nantucket which made me believe that I was actually there. But as for the Characters I was not keen on Lucia and her actions. The only saving grace was Selah and her friends who would of been better main characters as there were clearly more 3D. I also found the ending a bit lacking an really was dying to know what happened to Selah and girls.
For all the above reasons Nothing Bad Happens Here 3 stars
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