~*You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott~*

This is the second Megan Abbot book I have read and I liked even more that the first which was "The End of Everything". I have become a big fan of Megan Abbot after reading this one. This book is a bit different because it is told from an adult point of view except for one section near the end. The Knox family lives and breathes through teenage daughter Devon, a phenom on her way to becoming an Olympic gymnast. In fact their whole little gymnast community lives and breathes through Devon. They all want her to succeed so that maybe, just maybe their daughters can. One night everything changes, a young man dies a violent death and the world they all live in is thrust into chaos. 

Now, let me start by saying this book reads different than her other books or at least the one I read. Megan Abbot excels in writing teenage girls and just how devious and yet innocent they can all be so, I was curious to see if she could write for an adult women in the same way and let me assure you that she does. In some ways the feel of this novel reminded me of Jodi Picoult. Yes, this is a mystery but more so in how something happen then a whodunnit. I think you will figure that out pretty fast. I read an interview with Megan and she said she talked to many in the gymnastics community ad you can really feel it. You can feel the tension, the desire and the need throughout the book. The feeling you get from the parents who want and in a way need for their daughters to be something special, no matter how much they deny it to each other, the other parents and even themselves and you can feel it in the little snippets you get from their world.

I know that the reviews for this have been hit or miss but I really enjoyed it all the way through and finished it in two sittings. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!