I love the way things get more and more unhinged as they stray further from The Plan, doing their best and making some of the worst decisions possible. Because honestly, falling in love while on the run from the police is just iconic.ĭead End Girls is explosive, gripping the reader from the first page until the last. They start out as partners-in-crime but their chemistry sparks and the their slowburn romance so good. Words cannot express how much I adore Maude and Frankie. We learn so much about Frankie’s character through these flashbacks.

I love that we learn about Frankie’s reasons for wanting to disappear through timeline POV chapters, slowly piecing together everything as the chapters get closer to the present-day. But as they find out: even the best laid plans cannot account for everything. Maude’s a mastermind who’s probably watched way too much True Crime Content and I’m honestly in awe of her brain. From pseudocide to accidental murder and running from the cops (as well as their past), Maude and Frankie are going through it in this book and just trying to start over. This plot is bonkers in the best of ways. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time while listening. Told in dual timelines, Dead End Girls is the sapphic thriller you didn’t know you needed in your life! Tightly plotted, the book is full of action and high stakes that is utterly addictive and impossible to put down.

Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard