When We Were Monsters

First of all, the cover is gorgeous. Half of the reason I bought it was because of the cover, lol. Effy gets a remarkable, one-in-a-lifetime, chance to prove her writing skills to the famous - the marvelous! - Meredith Graffam. If she impresses her (or even wins), then this whole thing is going to push her closer to her dream. Next to her, there are seven other students that got invited to Graffam's house. Only one will make it big, and Effy is determined to be that one person talented and lucky enough. The next sixteen days will decide it all. And then Meredith dies. Murdered, left for dead. Someone in this group hated this woman, this world renowed author, director and actress, so much that they'd take her life. What should have been a storytelling workshop with incredible learning opportunities turns into a crime scene straight out of a horror book. It's not just a simple "Whodunit?" murder, an open and shut case, so to speak. This was premetitated. And it was brutal. What do you do when the monster isn't under your beds anymore, but amongst yourselves?