Oxford Blood by Rachael Davis-Featherstone

The quick cut: A girl finds her interview week at Oxford even more stressful when her best friend is killed. 

A real review: 

 Thank you to Wednesday Books for Young Readers for providing the arc for an honest review.

 Where you go to college can be such a point of focus for many families. While some see it as no big issue, other families see it as essential to go to an elite university. For Eva, it's always been her dream to study English at Oxford and the privileged families are doing what they can to keep her out. 

 Eva has been preparing for months for this moment because she is one step away from her dream: studying English at Oxford University. She's at interview week with her best friend George, who have planned and prepped together for months. It's a dream long anticipated until Eva discovers George dead on campus and it turns into a nightmare. Who killed George and what secrets will be discovered? 

 I hate elite colleges, but this story is so amazing that it's hard not to love the characters. Eva is someone you want to see succeed and she has so much working against her. The life she has is being revealed as not quite true bit by bit and yet she still focused on what matters most to her. 

 A big component of the story is an Oxford social media. Seeing how people obsess as the drama unfolds and fingers get pointed shows how social media can be used to ruin the innocent. One frame job and your future is ended - and not by your actions or decisions. It's definitely an area of increasing importance as lives continue to move online. 

 I really enjoyed the world building done by the author here. She really did make you feel like you were on that campus and understood how things worked there. The ability to transport the reader is phenomenal here. 

 A chilling and important story about equity and pursuing the truth. 

My rating: 5 out of 5