One of Us is Next

The sequel to "One of Us is Lying" was pretty good. A year and a half after Simon terrorized Bayview High, students get a new text message: time to play Truth or Dare. The person who is chosen to play has 24 hours to choose, otherwise one of their secrets will be revealed. The first young lady, Phoebe, chooses to ignore her text and the master of the game reveals that she slept with her older sister's boyfriend. Oooh, ugly. Everyone after that starts choosing Dare, until Brandon is killed while performing a stunt. The kids very, very stupidly choose not to tell any adults in their lives what's going on (seriously. Why do teenagers think they can solve everything themselves? I would have told my parents so fast, but not a single kid in the entire high school says anything to anyone in authority? I mean, c'mon). The ending was a little too neat for my taste (the twist wasn't quite as twisty as in the first book) but all in all it was a fun, quick read.