Published by Imprint in January 2017
2017 Debut Author Challenge
"Olivia Clayton has mastered the art of tearing others down to stay on top. She and her best friend, Adrienne, rule their small southern town like all good mean girls do--through intimidation and manipulation.
After Olivia suffers a family tragedy and catches Adrienne sleeping with her boyfriend, Olivia is over it. She decides to make a change--but it's impossible to resist taking Adrienne down one last time. Up to her old tricks, Olivia convinces golden boy Whit DuRant to be her SAT tutor and her fake boyfriend. But when it starts to feel real, Whit gets caught up in Olivia and Adrienne's war.
Olivia may ruin everything she touches, but this time she won't go down without a fight--not if it means losing Whit.
And definitely not if it means losing what's left of herself." - From Goodreads
Will you like it?
I loved this book. I struggled with this book. Olivia and Adrienne are total mean girls. They enjoy breaking down other people, and take pleasure in humiliating others. Until Olivia's brother dies, and that event gives Olivia a wake-up call. She knows wants to go away to college, but without a great SAT score that's not going to happen. Whit DuRant comes in and helps her, but then becomes the focus of Adrienne's wrath.
I was astounded by the lengths that each girl would go to one-up the other. I was flabbergasted by the lengths they would go to to get back at people. Everything that happens in the book is because of grief.
I would recommend this book to anyone that loves contemporary. I can't wait to devour anything else Laurie Devore writes.
Disclosure: I received an electronic galley of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
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