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    Buzz Kill
    Buzz Kill
    Buzz Kill
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    Buzz Kill

    Written by Beth Fantaskey

    Narrated by Erin Moon

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    Putting the dead in deadline To Bee or not to Bee? When the widely disliked Honeywell Stingers football coach is found murdered, 17-year-old Millie is determined to investigate. She is chasing a lead for the school newspaper - and looking to clear her father, the assistant coach, and prime suspect. Millie's partner is gorgeous, smart-- and keeping secrets Millie joins forces with her mysterious classmate Chase who seems to want to help her even while covering up secrets of his own. She' s starting to get a reputationwithout any of the benefits. Drama-- and bodies-- pile up around Millie and she chases clues, snuggles Baxter the so-ugly-he' s-adorable bassett hound, and storms out of the world' s most awkward school dance/memorial mash-up. At least she gets to eat a lot of pie. Best-selling author Beth Fantaskey' s funny, fast-paced blend of Clueless and Nancy Drew is a suspenseful page-turner that is the best time a reader can have with buried weapons, chicken clocks, and a boy who only watches gloomy moviesbut somehow makes Millie smile. Bee-lieve it. Pair with Fantaskey' s best-selling Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 6, 2014
    ISBN9781490614069
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    Beth Fantaskey

    Beth Fantaskey is the author of Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, Jessica Rules the Dark Side, Jekel Loves Hyde, and Buzz Kill. Shelives in rural Pennsylvania with her husband and two daughters.

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    • 4/5
      This was so much fun. An endearing, funny main character, a nasty nemesis, well developed supporting characters.
    • 4/5
      Buzz Kill is a fun, enjoyable read by Beth Fantaskey. The story is a mystery with both romance and action elements in it. The main character, Millie, who reports for her high school newspaper, finds the body of the head football coach in a storage room with his head bashed in. There are many suspects to the killing including, Cheerleader Viv, who is Millie's self-described "arch-nemesis," Mike, who is a"disgraced football player," and quarterback, Chase, who is as mysterious as he is handsome. The main suspect, however, is Millie's father, Jack, who is an assistant football coach and town mayor. Millie has already lost her mother to cancer, and she can't afford to lose her other parent to prison.
      As Millie investigates, she finds out more about Coach Killdare, both good and bad, and why lots of people had motive to kill him. She also discovers that there is a lot about Chase that she never could have imagined. When Mike Price is also killed, suspicion falls even more heavily on Millie's father, and she must expand her investigation if she is to keep him out of prison.
      Millie's childhood hero is Nancy Drew, and this story reads like a modern version of a Nancy Drew mystery. Millie is extremely intelligent with a sarcastic sense of humor that makes her first-person account even more fun to read - an excellent young adult mystery.
    • 4/5
      I got this as an ARC (thanks, Goodreads!) and really liked it. It was a quick, easy read, with some laugh out loud moments. The rivalry between Millie and Viv was very funny. The real killer surprised me; I didn't guess that one at all. Overall, a great book for teens who love mysteries and comedies.
    • 4/5
      Buzz Kill is a fun, enjoyable read by Beth Fantaskey. The story is a mystery with both romance and action elements in it. The main character, Millie, who reports for her high school newspaper, finds the body of the head football coach in a storage room with his head bashed in. There are many suspects to the killing including, Cheerleader Viv, who is Millie's self-described "arch-nemesis," Mike, who is a"disgraced football player," and quarterback, Chase, who is as mysterious as he is handsome. The main suspect, however, is Millie's father, Jack, who is an assistant football coach and town mayor. Millie has already lost her mother to cancer, and she can't afford to lose her other parent to prison.
      As Millie investigates, she finds out more about Coach Killdare, both good and bad, and why lots of people had motive to kill him. She also discovers that there is a lot about Chase the she never could have imagined. When Mike Price is also killed, suspicion falls even more heavily on Millie's father, and she must expand her investigation if she is to keep him out of prison.
      Millie's childhood hero is Nancy Drew, and this story reads like a modern version of a Nancy Drew mystery. Millie is extremely intelligent with a sarcastic sense of humor that makes her first-person account even more fun to read - an excellent young adult mystery.
    • 2/5
      Buzz Kill is quite aptly named; a 2015 Lone Star pick, I had high expectations going in, and they were promptly squashed. It opens with school reporter Millie ruminating on how it would be if a mean coach were killed...and then BAM, the coach is killed. Heavy-handed plot machinations burden this offering from Fantaskey.
    • 5/5
      I found this book really enjoyable and hard to put down. The main character is Millie (who the heck names their kid Millicent these days?!) who is not particularly popular and whose only extracurricular activity is writing for the school newspaper. Chase is the star quarterback that every girl drools over, but he remains aloof. Viv is a cheerleader and Millie's arch-nemesis who is extremely jealous of the small victories that Millie has won over her throughout their school years. Now, it's senior year and the football coach has been killed. Millie's father is a main suspect so she decides to do some investigating (a la Nancy Drew). Plenty of hilarity and teen lovelorn-ness ensues. Yes, Millie's self-loathing and Chase's guilt did get on my nerves a bit, but they are teens and it fits with the backgrounds of their characters. I suspected the killer early on, but was by no means sure and there are several red herrings thrown in, so I wasn't sure until Millie was. I'll also say that, as a Librarian, I was pretty fond of the passages where Millie talks about "her" librarian and all things book and library related. But that was just a bonus - the story is fun and I'm glad I stumbled across it.
    • 4/5
      This book hovered between 3 1/2 stars and 4. It was entertaining and enjoyable, but could have been even better. I wasn't totally caught up in it and I didn't quite buy into the personality quirks of the protagonist.The head football coach is a obnoxious blowhard, so when he turns up dead there's a lot of suspects including Millie's father, assistant head coach and mayor for the town. Millie, who marches to the beat of a different drummer, begins her own investigation into his death. She's helped by the mysterious, and quite good-looking, star quarterback Chase, who's hiding something and who Millie can't decide if she adores or dislikes. Then there's Viv, the evil cheerleader who seems to be around whenever something bad happens. Who killed Coach and, later, Mike the former quarterback? And will Millie figure out Chase's big secret?
    • 5/5
      Buzz Kill by Beth FantaskeyThis is a realistic fiction novel about a murder mystery.Millie Ostermeyer is an unusual senior. She truly doesn't care what others think and does her own thing, making her "unique." She loves reading mysteries, particularly Nancy Drew. When she and the hot quarterback find the football coach murdered, Miller decides to solve the crime. She has many suspects, which include her father, although she knows her dad could never kill anyone! The quarterback, Chase, is mysterious. He doesn't reveal anything about himself and doesn't hang out at parties or with other people. When she and her friend Laura break into the Coach's house to look for clues, Millie discovers Chase already there.Chase is one of the few people who liked the Coach and agrees to help Millie discover his killer. They are an unlikely pair: unusual, unique Millie and charismatic, good-looking, smart, & mysterious Chase. As they investigate the murder, another murder happens, they are regularly abused by the lead detective, and Millie's dad becomes the #1 suspect. Add in a romance developing between Chase and Millie and her own dad's mysterious life and you get several mysteries to solve.I laughed many times through this light-hearted, fun book. I did not figure out who the murderer was although I rolled my eyes at not realizing the clues that had been dropped when the killer was revealed
    • 4/5
      When I was trying to explain what I was reading to someone I work with, I realized it's tough to categorize this book, and Millie Ostermeyer. At times, she's a tough cookie, the only member of the Philosophy Club, practically the only employee at the movie theater and battling her arch nemesis Viv for the best story in this year's school paper. Other times, she's a girl who needs her own librarian, takes comfort in wondering what Nancy Drew would do and has the support of two good besties. When Honeywell High's football coach, the loud and abrasive Hank Kildare is found bludgeoned to death, Millie's involvement is immediate, with her assistant coach father topping the list of suspects. Quarterback and loner Chase Albright becomes a interesting partner for Millie, he's a boy who has many secrets of his own. Her father is no Keith Mars, but Millie's smarts but her right up there with V. Mars. I really enjoyed finding this book to read--as our library has gotten smaller with the addition of reserve shelves and computer stations, I don't often happen upon a random read right at my branch.
    • 4/5
      Hold on a sec while I wipe tears of laughter from my face. This book was one that I won from Goodreads First Reads, but I set it aside and ignored it, reading other books I thought I’d enjoy more before I finally reached for it. And now I feel like an idiot for having waited so long to pick it up, because the whole thing was HILARIOUS. I laughed through the entire book. This is a story that’ll just make you feel good, which is funny considering it’s a murder mystery. And see, usually murder mysteries aren’t the first genre I gravitate towards (which explains my initial reluctance). But through all of the snooping and sleuthing, Millie Ostermeyer is a quirky and witty and entirely unique character. Her voice is undeniably comical. You know what else is funny? Usually I go for some heavy handed swoons in my YA, but this book has more subtle chemistry and romance that is absolutely FREAKING ADORABLE. Also frustrating at times, but ultimately adorable seems a fitting adjective. There were times when I felt that Millie’s reactions were definite overreactions, and I’d pull my head back and blink and wonder, Why did you make such a big deal about that? She had her fair share of juvenile tendencies (it felt like a younger read), but I still couldn’t help but love her character. No matter how often she questions her personality and compares herself with others, she still stays true to who she is and learns that who she is is important. (Although admittedly her self-deprecation could be a little much.) And the mystery aspect? I think I ended up with at least five different conclusions as to who the killer is. Every time I thought, AHA! I have you now! I would be proved wrong (as well as foolish). But once I did catch on to who the killer was, I only swayed from my suspicion once. This book kept me in the dark as to the identity of the culprit for most of the book, which is something I love because who wants to know who did it throughout the whole thing? That totally ruins all the fun of being blindsided! I really enjoyed this book! It kept me laughing and smiling and generally upbeat, even with the depressing back stories and false accusations and ongoing homicide cases. 4/5 STARS;)
    • 4/5
      Seventeen year old Millie Ostermeyer and her new friend Chase Albright team up to try to discover who killed hated football coach Hank Killdaire.The only problem I had with this book was the way the author depicted the main character, Millie. She was suppose to be a seventeen year old senior in high school but through out the book I kept picturing her as being younger. I felf Millie was very immature for seventeen.The book had a good mystery that kept me wanting to find out who the killer was.I also felt that 360 pages was a little too long for this story.