Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead by Jenny Hollander, 3.5 Stars

Nine years ago, with the world’s eyes on her, Charlie Colbert fled. The press and the police called Charlie a “witness” to the nightmarish events at her elite graduate school on Christmas Eve—events known to the public as “Scarlet Christmas”—though Charlie knows she was much more than that. 

Now, Charlie has meticulously rebuilt her life: She’s the editor-in-chief of a major magazine, engaged to the golden child of the publishing industry, and hell-bent on never, ever letting her guard down again. But when a buzzy film made by one of Charlie’s former classmates threatens to shatter everything she’s worked for, Charlie realizes how much she’s changed in nine years. Now, she’s not going to let anything—not even the people she once loved most—get in her way.

My Review:

Charlie is living the elite life. She’s a magazine editor in Manhattan and her boyfriend is one of America’s most eligible bachelors – gorgeous and rich. She’s done everything she can to put that horrible night, “Scarlet Christmas,” behind her. She lost a lot that night, including almost everyone she loved.

Now, completely disconnected from her past, she’s horrified to find out her old best friend’s twin sister, a famous television personality, is doing an expose on that night. To try and find what really happened. Charlie knows she can’t let that documentary happen- for the sake of her family, her engagement and her success now. So what is the real story?

Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead is a compulsive page-turner with surprises at every turn. Special thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced e-galley in exchange for my honest review. This one is out now.