Incriminated

by M. G. Reyes

Overview

Scandal, romance, treachery, and murder—all under one roof. And no one to clean up their messes. Incriminated is the thrilling second book in the Emancipated trilogy, where limits are pushed, friendships are tested, and the truth has a nasty way of showing up uninvited.

There’s trouble in paradise. Six teens legally liberated from parental control—the bad boy, the good girl, the diva, the hustler, the rocker, and the nerd—all share a house in Venice Beach, and they all have one thing in common: murder. 

After a streak of hookups, heartbreaks, and bad decisions, the housemates’ once perfect life is falling apart. One is caught in a forbidden romance with a Hollywood heartthrob, while another puts her dreams on the line for one little kiss. One harbors a dark truth that could save a life, while another’s risky business puts all their lives in danger. And before they know it, the friends are fighting like family.

But when an uninvited houseguest and a deadly accident entangle them in a conspiracy none of them saw coming, pulling together is the only way out. Alone, none of them can cover up the lies. Together, none of them can be trusted.

Packed with conspiracies, intrigue, and scandalous romance, this gripping sequel told from multiple perspectives will have readers suspecting them all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062289001
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	05/24/2016
Series:	Emancipated , #2
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	994 KB
Age Range:	14 Years

About the Author

M. G. Reyes (Guadalupe, aka "Pita") was born in Mexico City and grew up in Manchester, England. She studied at Oxford University and spent several years as a scientist before setting up her own internet company. She lives in Oxford, England, with her husband and grown son. She loves visiting LA! 

Editorial Reviews

Reyes is compact but artful with her writing, particularly with the dialogue, which naturally captures slang and diction from different cultures. The juxtaposition of rounded characters with outrageous situations gives readers just enough of a base to stand on before the story runs off with them.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Lies building upon more lies further intensify the relationships and hurtle toward a cliff-hanger of an ending that will have readers dying for the next installment of this disconcerting, but always compelling, trilogy.” — Booklist

“With more twists and turns than the Pacific Coast Highway, this title will appeal to older teens who enjoyed the intrigue and action of the first book. Fans will be thrilled to see how the drama goes into overdrive in the second.” — School Library Journal

“The story is gripping and will involve its female readers in multiple, fast-paced guessing games before leaving them eagerly awaiting the next novel in the series.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

“I’m a huge fan of M. G. Reyes. She’s an amazing talent!” — Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series

“Enjoyably gossipy.” — Kirkus Reviews for EMANCIPATED

“Older teens who love drama will be hooked and asking for the next book immediately.” — School Library Journal for EMANCIPATED

From the Publisher

The story is gripping and will involve its female readers in multiple, fast-paced guessing games before leaving them eagerly awaiting the next novel in the series.

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

I’m a huge fan of M. G. Reyes. She’s an amazing talent!

Michael Grant

Lies building upon more lies further intensify the relationships and hurtle toward a cliff-hanger of an ending that will have readers dying for the next installment of this disconcerting, but always compelling, trilogy.

Booklist

Lies building upon more lies further intensify the relationships and hurtle toward a cliff-hanger of an ending that will have readers dying for the next installment of this disconcerting, but always compelling, trilogy.

Booklist

04/01/2016
Gr 9 Up—When readers last saw Lucy, Paolo, Candace, Grace, Maya, and John-Michael in Emancipated, the six teens were still riding the high of living together without any adults in a house on Venice Beach. But their secrets, deceptions, and crimes—some of which linked them together in unknown ways—were beginning to make their arrangement unravel. This sequel begins six months into their emancipation and with the group attempting to heal the fissures that marred what should've been paradise. But just as things begin to feel better—Paolo and Lucy are trying to be friends after an awkward almost-hookup, Candace's career is shaping up, Maya is pushing back against her employer—things go from bad to worse. Alternating points of view allow readers to see the big picture and all of its intersections before the characters can. By the end, the six roommates are entwined in ways they never anticipated. Reyes is not light on high-stakes drama for this fast-paced second book in the series that is every bit as fun as the first and that is shaping up to be a heck of a ride in the next installment. VERDICT With more twists and turns than the Pacific Coast Highway, this title will appeal to older teens who enjoyed the intrigue and action of the first book. Fans will be thrilled to see how the drama goes into overdrive in the second.—Jennifer Miskec, Longwood University, Farmville, VA

School Library Journal

2016-03-02
Six legally emancipated, culturally and racially diverse teens share a luxury house in Venice Beach, but the once-tightknit group is drifting apart, and their only hope for coming together is breaking through the multiple lies, coverups, and conspiracies twisting through their lives. In this sequel to Emancipated (2015), Reyes presents a slew of characters with a thickly woven fabric of stories to keep straight, and each of these characters has at least some element of a horrific past. While there's enough story here for at least two books, Reyes is compact but artful with her writing, particularly with the dialogue, which naturally captures slang and diction from different cultures and manages not to seem forced or expository even when dealing with scenarios that may seem more befitting a vintage crime series than a modern teen novel. It's sometimes confusing, sometimes difficult, with a tangle of plot threads that even includes one literal cliffhanger and a daring escape from quicksand, but it's ultimately rewarding for its simply told complicated story. And though its tone and pace would be right at home with crime classics, the novel offers a more colorful world than can be found in most of those old books, drawing from the author's knowledge of Mexico City, Manchester, England, and Los Angeles, and reflecting different nationalities, cultures, and different races within them, each with inherent humanity, and largely unburdened by tokenism. The juxtaposition of rounded characters with outrageous situations gives readers just enough of a base to stand on before the story runs off with them. (Thriller. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews