Dare Me
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Megan Abbott
From the award-winning author of The Turnout and Give Me Your Hand: the searing novel of friendship and betrayal that inspired the USA Network series, praised by Gillian Flynn as "Lord of the Flies set in a high-school cheerleading squad...Tense, dark, and beautifully written." Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy's best friend and trusted lieutenant. Beth calls the shots and Addy carries them out, a long-established order of things that has brought them to the pinnacle of their high-school careers. Now they're seniors who rule the intensely competitive cheer squad, feared and followed by the other girls -- until the young new coach arrives.Cool and commanding, an emissary from the adult world just beyond their reach, Coach Colette French draws Addy and the other cheerleaders into her life. Only Beth, unsettled by the new regime, remains outside Coach's golden circle, waging a subtle but vicious campaign to regain her position as "top girl" -- both with the team and with Addy herself.Then a suicide focuses a police investigation on Coach and her squad. After the first wave of shock and grief, Addy tries to uncover the truth behind the death -- and learns that the boundary between loyalty and love can be dangerous terrain.The raw passions of girlhood are brought to life in this taut, unflinching exploration of friendship, ambition, and power. Award-winning novelist Megan Abbott, writing with what Tom Perrotta has hailed as "total authority and an almost desperate intensity," provides a harrowing glimpse into the dark heart of the all-American girl.
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Author
Megan Abbott
Pages
304
Publisher
Little, Brown
Published Date
2012-07-31
ISBN
0316203238 9780316203234
Ratings
Google: 3
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"When friendships go awry in a cheer squad…. Jealousy, vindictiveness and catty girls. Where were the adults??"
Merry
"I love Abbott's super dark high school books. This is my second one of her books, and I enjoyed it just as much as You Will Know Me. I can understand why these books make some people uncomfortable, but some parts of them are pretty nostalgic for me. I recommend them if you like a darker Gossip Girl-type story."
Emily
"Hated it "
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Madasyn Harrison
"Good book, but does seem to drag in some parts. Husband finds out about coach and sarg. Gun goes off and they cover for each other. Beth leaps from the top of the pyramid but is okay."
Elizabeth Hart
"I rarely ever get so annoyed at character. But Saras whole character is to ask questions and nothing else. When he promised her punishment she asked "where?". What? Why would you ask THAT in a situation like that. You are about the get a spanking from a deamon and she wonders where?<br/>Their whole interactions consist of her asking questions and more questions.<br/><br/>I just read Felicity Brandons The Dark Necessities Trilogy. Molly and Sara are basically the same person. One paints, one writes. But both just ask questions.<br/><br/>And Sara doesn't feel like the.. brightest bulb? How long did it take her to catch on to the mind reading? And then with Beelzebub in the picture it took her pages after pages again to figure out he can read her mind as well? And all those questions.<br/>I don't think it is cute. I think it is utterly annoying."
"Definitely a Mean Girls vibe from this book. Still a very interesting twist and turn novel that will have you thinking. "
Cosmic Q.
"<br/> <br/> I didnt like this book at all! The whole idea of coaches drinking and partying with their students. Not something i want to read any more of. I agree not something id want my teenagers reading or identifying with!"
Sheri Tegeler Crandall
