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Foul Is Fair 

By Hannah Capin

Published by Wednesday Books

Published on February 18th 2020

Hannah Capin's Foul is Fair is a bloody, thrilling revenge fantasy for the girls who have had enough. Golden boys beware: something wicked this way comes.

Jade and her friends Jenny, Mads, and Summer rule their glittering LA circle. Untouchable, they have the kind of power other girls only dream of. Every party is theirs and the world is at their feet. Until the night of Jade's sweet sixteen, when they crash a St. Andrew’s Prep party. The night the golden boys choose Jade as their next target.

They picked the wrong girl.

Sworn to vengeance, Jade transfers to St. Andrew’s Prep. She plots to destroy each boy, one by one. She'll take their power, their lives, and their control of the prep school's hierarchy. And she and her coven have the perfect way in: a boy named Mack, whose ambition could turn deadly.

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Foul is Fair

"Fierce, vicious, and electric. If books had teeth, Foul Is Fair would have fangs. Capin's language glitters dark and her writing cuts deep. Revenge is a dish best served by this deliciously unapologetic coven." - Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of Firsts and Last Girl Lied To

"Capin’s writing will seduce you with its beauty and then, when you least suspect it, slice you to the bone—just like Foul is Fair’s captivating, vicious, entirely unforgettable heroine, Jade." - Layne Fargo, author of Temper and co-host of Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

“Vicious and beautifully brutal, Foul is Fair gives a sword to every girl who has ever been a victim and makes them a warrior. This book is pulls no punches and will make anyone think twice before uttering the phrase ‘just a girl’. An unapologetic feminist battle-cry that leaves you breathless and thirsting for vengeance.” - Sonia Hartl, author of Have a Little Faith in Me

"Foul is Fair delivers the story of a girl who snatches control back from a world that stole it away, through whatever means necessary. Hannah Capin deftly combines stunningly lyrical prose with the raw power of engulfing fury, sending a message written in blood. In a world where too many are forced into silence, this book roars back." - S. Gonzales, author of The Law of Inertia and Only Mostly Devastated

Buy here: https://wednesdaybooks.com/the-real-deal/foul-is-fair/

Author bio:

Hannah Capin is the author of Foul is Fair and The Dead Queens Club, a feminist retelling of the wives of Henry VIII. When she isn’t writing, she can be found singing, sailing, or pulling marathon gossip sessions with her girl squad. She lives in Tidewater, Virginia.

Author’s Twitter/Instagram: @tldaaollf

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published on October 22, 1999

Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary, and Realistic Fiction

Page Count: 197

Source: Purchased

Format: Hardback

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Description: The first ten lies they tell you in high school.

"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication. In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.

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This book was one in a lot that I purchased and I wasn't sure what do think of it. The subject matter is so intense. High school is hard enough. Add in the trauma inflicted upon the main character and the way that the world treats her. Well executed approach to a difficult subject matter. Horrifying to think about something like this impacting anyone much less someone so young. 

I am rating this book Four Red Books. It was well written but there were times where it drug. I would recommend it.

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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Published by Pamela Dorman Books

Published on December 31, 2012

Genre: Adult novel, Realistic Fiction

Page Count: 384

Source: Purchased

Format: Hardback

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Description: They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?

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I am reviewing Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I found a copy of this in a used bookstore one day and had honestly forgotten about it until I saw a trailer for the film adaptation. I left the theater thinking about it and wondering why the premise seemed so familiar. I got home and looked through my books and there it was. I read it immediately. Any quotes that may appear below are from the text and are not my words.

Have you ever read a book that just took over? You were caught up in it so intensely that you thought about it constantly when you weren't reading it. You would take it everywhere and read it, not caring who saw you or how rude you may have seemed. You were so deeply invested that you are overcome with emotions. I am sure that you have read a book like that. This book did that for me.

To say that it has a serious theme is an understatement. I was overwhelmed at times by the intensity of it. It had me sucked in from page one. I could not put it down. Beautifully written. It was heartbreaking yet delightful. I was lost in my emotions and even ugly cried in public because of it. Angry tears. Happy tears. Frustrated tears. Heartbroken tears. They just kept coming.  Do I like crying in public? Absolutely not. However, I am truly touched by a book that can make me feel so deeply. 

I am rating this book Four Red Books because it made me feel so deeply. I wish that I could rate it higher but it was quite predictable at times. It was well written and thought out.  I would definitely recommend it. 

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