Review: The Fall of Iris Henley by Jennifer Graham

The Fall of Iris Henley by Jennifer Graham

Blurb from Goodreads:

For fans of Megan Lally and Kara Thomas, a twisty thriller about a Texas teen accused of murder who's desperate to clear her name.

All it takes to ruin someone’s life is the stroke of a key. Just ask Iris Henley. Her life is destroyed when someone posts an anonymous message on her high school’s subreddit thread: “Iris Henley is a killer. I’ve been too scared to come forward until now, but I saw her murder Rocky and Lynette last summer.”

Just like that, Iris loses everything. Her reputation. Her friends. Her hope of getting into college on scholarship. Even, possibly, her freedom, once the police start to investigate. After all, she’s the perfect suspect: Rocky was her boyfriend, and Lynette was her ex-best friend—and the girl he was cheating on her with. But Iris didn’t do it, and now it’s up to her to clear her name by finding out who did—before it’s too late.

Propulsive, sharp, and absolutely twisty from the New York Times bestselling author who brought readers the Veronica Mars duology, Jennifer Graham's YA thriller is unputdownable.

 I appreciated the twist but this was a bit of a gut punch.  I hated the bullying but it was well done.  Just hard to read at times and definitely a bit too long.  Still very interesting and I think will work for a lot of people.

The Fall of Iris Henley comes out next week on February 24, 2026, and you can purchase HERE.  

"Well, you know me, I'm not small-minded. I used to have a Melissa Etheridge CD," she says. "I just don't want life to be harder for her than it already is, poor little thing."