Review: Queen of Secrets by Jenny Meyerhoff

Mar 4, 2010 by shanyn

Title: Queen of Secrets
Author: Jenny Meyerhoff
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication Date: June 22, 2010

Fifteen-year-old Essie Green cannot believe her luck when Austin King asks her out. He is the captain of the football team and the hottest guy at Pershing High School. Unfortunately, as their relationship heats up, so does a rivalry between Austin’s best friend Harrison and Essie’s estranged cousin Micah, an observant Jew. Essie is forced to decide where her loyalties lie. With a family member she barely knows, or the boy she’s beginning to love?


I really loved this book. Each of the characters developed personalities that I loved. I really pulled for the main character, Essie, and wasn’t even sure which of the guys I wanted to side with for most of the story.

Oddly enough, while they are talking about football recruiting, one of the characters talks about being recruited to the university that I attended in Michigan! I was so shocked because it’s not a huge school… it’s a good size but I have definitely never read about it in a book.

I was very happy with the way the relationships intertwined and the way the book ended. I’m hoping to be able to read more from this author for sure!


Book Cover: 7/10
Book Title: 7/10
Plot: 9/10
Characters: 10/10
Ending: 9/10

Overall: 42/50

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