One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose
💄 One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose – Book Review (3.5/5 Stars)
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: If you want to go into this book fresh, skip this and come back after you read it — because I’m about to spill all the dirty Buckhead secrets. You can grab a copy here if you want to read first.
🎯 Quick Take: Desperate Housewives Meets Deadly Secrets
⭐ I gave this 3.5 out of 5 stars — messy, fun, and full of drama!
⭐ A slow start for me (too many characters, too many entanglements) but it redeems itself by the end.
⭐ If you like catty rich-people drama with murder on the side, this is your book.
💇 The Setup: Secrets, Salons, and Socialites
Welcome to Buckhead, Atlanta — where the hair is perfect, the husbands are sleazy, and someone’s getting murdered.
At the center of the drama is Glow, the salon run by Jenny. Jenny’s the one who listens, gossips, and knows everything about these women:
💎 Olivia – The queen bee. Rich, ruthless, and gorgeous… with a heart blacker than her designer bags.
💎 Shannon – The humiliated ex-wife, trying to pull her life together after her politician husband dumped her.
💎 Crystal – The sweet new wife (of Bryce, Shannon’s ex). Pretty, a little naive — at first.
💎 Karen – A self-made woman who’s actually nice (shocking, I know). Successful in real estate, secretly in love with…
💎 Keisha – A salon employee who becomes Karen’s love interest.
💎 Jenny – The salon owner playing Switzerland… until she isn’t.
👉 And then there’s Bryce (sleazy politician) and Dean (Olivia’s rich husband, dirty secrets galore).
👑 The Buckhead Bloodbath: Who’s Dead, Who Did It?
We know early on someone’s dead. The question is: Who? Who killed? The book keeps you guessing while serving up betrayal, blackmail, and Botox.
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Crystal and Shannon start as enemies (obviously — Crystal married Shannon’s awful ex), but trauma bonds them.
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Olivia? An absolute nightmare: cheats on Dean with her plastic surgeon, blackmails Karen when she finds out about her and Keisha, sabotages Jenny’s salon, and generally terrorizes everyone for fun and profit.
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Dean and Bryce? Oh yeah, they’re into human trafficking. Because why stop at being terrible husbands?
👉 Crystal discovers the trafficking. Olivia finds out and instead of being horrified… decides to cash in. She blackmails Bryce for $500k.
💥 The Plot That Kills (Literally)
Crystal, Shannon, Karen, Keisha, and Jenny decide they’ve had enough:
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Plan = murder Olivia at Crystal’s housewarming party.
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Dump the body, pin it on Bryce (because he has been threatening Olivia).
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Dean does them a favor and kills Bryce, ensuring he gets arrested.
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Jenny even starts dating the detective on the case. He never suspects she’s the one who pulled the trigger.
👉 It’s Desperate Housewives on steroids.
🧐 Why It’s 3.5 Stars for Me
✅ Loved the Buckhead setting — fun reading about a place I know!
✅ Juicy, twisty, and satisfying ending
❌ Too many characters at first — hard to keep track of who’s scheming with who
❌ Felt like it took a bit too long to hit its stride
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