We’re here to explain the best quotes from Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson. This is the hit sequel to A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (read our post about the best quotes from AGGGTM here!). We loved the first book, and something something something about this book!
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Here’s a quick overview of GGBB: After solving the crime and mystery that had plagued her small town for years, Pippa Fitz-Amobi wants to go back to normal life — at least, as much as she can. While that investigation had brought about a lot of good, it also brought danger and sadness to Pip, her friends, and her family. However, when her friend Connor’s older brother goes missing under mysterious circumstances and the police don’t investigate, Pip has no choice but to get involved.
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Let’s get to the best quotes:
We’ll give you an explanation along the way, while still trying to avoid major spoilers. There are some minor spoilers ahead, so fair warning!
“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” Ravi said in his deep, movie-trailer voice, pulling Pip up from her chair and spinning her toward him.
Frustrated by the way the media covered the results of her investigation from AGGGTM, Pip decides to release her own podcast to get the whole truth out in public. After hearing her “pizzazz-less” ideas, Ravi comes up with the perfect title.
The sky had given her no answers. But there was someone who might, someone who knew her better than she knew herself.
When Pip is faced with the question of starting a new mystery, she talks it through with her boyfriend Ravi. He doesn’t make the decision for her, but talks it through with her.
“But there’s no place for hope, not here, and if no one else will look for him, then I have to. So here it is: welcome to season 2 of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: The Disappearance of Jamie Reynolds.”
To get a larger searching party, Pip starts a new season of her podcast and asks for help and information about Jamie.
“We’ll find him,” he said gently, indicating Pip with his head. “This one’s too stubborn not to.”
Ravi reassures Connor here that Pippa will find his missing brother.
“Mysteries always seem to find their way to you, don’t they?”
Stanley Forbes, the local newspaper editor, hits the nail on the head as he talks to Pip early on in the book.
“Who needs security cameras when you have Snapchat stories,” Pip remarked.
Trying to track down where Jamie was last seen, Pip uses creative methods and sources — such as gathering photos from the town’s teenagers.
“Right,” Pip said, typing in the bio now. “Enjoys mannish things like football and fishing.”
To catch a suspect, Pip and her friends create a catfish account on a dating app. They have some trouble writing the bio, however…
“Older generations,” Pip said disapprovingly, “they just don’t understand the allure of pajamas.”
While Ravi and Pip talk to her neighbor Charlie, he tells them that his father doesn’t approvve of his remote, work-from-home job. Pip, of course, has an appropriate witty remark.
“Time is in charge here, not me, and that’s terrifying.”
In season two of the podcast, Pip talks about the importance of the first seventy-two hours in a missing persons case.
“Yep, it’s me. Cause of all the trouble in Fairview since 2019,” she said flatly.
When someone is exasperated at Pip’s presence, she cracks a self-deprecating joke.
“Are we squad goals?” Ravi whispered to Pip. Cara heard and snorted.
As Pip, Ravi, Cara, and Connor (also known as Pip and co.) walk into the farmhouse, Ravi points out that they’re walking in a dramatic lineup.
“And maybe I’m selfish and maybe I’m a liar and maybe I’m reckless and obsessive and I’m OK with doing bad things when it’s me doing them and maybe I’m a hypocrite, and maybe none of that is good, but it feels good. It feels like me, and I hope you’re OK with all that because . . . I love you too.”
This is the first time that Pip tells Ravi she loves him, and it’s also combined with a key character realization.
“Oh good,” Ravi said. “Howie’s boss. Are we going to blackmail this one too?”
Pip shrugged, pulled a face at him. “Whatever works.”
“Great. Cool,” Ravi said. “Really love that new motto, covers all bases. Yep. Cool. This is all fine.”
Although he isn’t the most enthusiastic about Pip’s crazy plans, Ravi will always be right by her side, as shown in this scene.
Pip laughed, watching how ridiculous they all looked, the sound a small croak in her throat. And it was OK, to be out here on the sidelines, with Ravi. Separate. A gap between everyone and here. A barricade around her. She would join them when she was ready. But for now, she just wanted to sit, far back enough that she could see them all in one go.
In the last chapter of the book, after the mystery has come to a dramatic close, Pip and her family gather. It’s a beautiful realistic mess, and there is healing that needs to come, but everything is okay for now.
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