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Once Upon a Thriller by Carolyn Keene Review

 Hello Friends :)

I pray today finds you all doing well, and I want to thank you for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess.

I've been slowly making my way through the Nancy Drew Diaries series, and today I'm excited to share a review of another one of these titles with you all.

If you'd like to check out my reviews of the previous titles I've read in the series, you can do so using the links below:

Curse of the Arctic Star

Strangers on a Train

Mystery of the Midnight Rider

A Nancy Drew Christmas


Once Upon a Thriller by Carolyn Keene:



Source: Libby App

Publisher: Aladdin

Publication Date: September 24th, 2013

Genre: Middle Grade/Mystery

Series: Nancy Drew Diaries


Synopsis:


Nancy and her friends need more than book smarts to get to the bottom of a literary mystery in this fourth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a new take on the classic series.A rash of crimes in a neighboring town—a blazing fire at a bookstore, a boat that sinks in the harbor, and a valuable dog’s dognapping—are eerily similar to the plots from famous mystery writer Lacey O’Brien’s popular books. So who’s behind the crimes? Could it be Lacey looking for publicity? One of Lacey’s superfans? Or maybe it’s Paige Samuels, owner of the bookstore that burned. Nancy, Bess, and George will have to read between the lines as they dig deep into a dangerous mystery.

(synopsis from goodreads)

My Review:

Once Upon a Thriller is definitely my favorite so far of this newish Nancy Drew series, and it reminded me heavily of the classic series I grew up with. I found the mystery to be more well rounded in this particular title than it had been in the previous three, and it also has more of a sinister feeling, right from the first pages.

The culprit wasn't super obvious, Nancy acts mature and level headed throughout most of the story, and the plot focusing around copy cat crimes from a best selling mystery series was pretty amazing and chilling at the same time.

I loved this one, and hope it's indicative of great things to come from the rest of the series. I'd say this series is a more kid friendly version of the classic Nancy Drew books, but is definitely still enjoyable for lifelong fans like myself.

Final Rating: 5/5.

Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)

This is not a sponsored post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The photo does not belong to me, and all rights to the respective owners.

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