#Prettyboy Must Die by Kimberly Reid

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Title: #Prettyboy Must Die
Author: Kimberly Reid
Published by: Tor Teen
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Format: eARC
Pages: 277
Genres: Mystery, Young Adult, Contemporary
Source: NetGalley
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2018 Netgalley and Edelweiss Challenge
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My rating:

Blurb:

A CIA prodigy's cover is blown when he accidentally becomes an internet sensation in #Prettyboy Must Die, inspired by the #Alexfromtarget story.

When Peter Smith's classmate snaps a picture of him during a late night run at the track, Peter thinks he might be in trouble. When she posts that photo--along with the caption, "See the Pretty Boy Run,"--Peter knows he's in trouble. But when hostiles drop through the ceiling of his 6th period Chem Class, Peter's pretty sure his trouble just became a national emergency.

Because he's not really Peter Smith. He's Jake Morrow, former foster-kid turned CIA operative. After a massive screw-up on his first mission, he's on a pity assignment, a dozen hit lists and now, social media, apparently. As #Prettyboy, of all freaking things.

His cover's blown, his school's under siege, and if he screws up now, #Prettyboy will become #Deadboy faster than you can say, 'fifteen minutes of fame.' Trapped in a high school with rabid killers and rabid fans, he'll need all his training and then some to save his job, his school and, oh yeah, his life.

I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.

DNF @ 19% — I just wasn’t engaged in the story.  It was a bit far-fetched, but I knew that going in with the blurb…  It wasn’t that so much as I just didn’t care about our protagonist.  I felt like I wasn’t getting to know him at all, and it was just a recounting of things going on in his quest to find the hacker.  I need to connect to the characters to enjoy a story, at least usually…and in this case not enough was happening in the plot to keep me engaged and give him more time to get to me.

I’m a bit bummed because our main character is black, and you know I love me a diverse read.  But I have too many other books to read to waste time on one that’s not engaging me.