Dare Me

from akh3966

I would give it three and a half stars if allowed... I really enjoyed this book, but I didn't LOVE it. This was a part mystery/suspense and part coming-of-age novel. It centers around high school cheerleaders (which would not normally lead me to pick it up, but it was a gift from my brother and h...

from kaylaraeintheway

This was a very intriguing and disturbing book. It explores the world of teenage cheerleaders, and before you groan, it is not a fluffy, over-sexed book about the lives of promiscuous high school girls. This book delves into the obsessiveness of female friendships, the dedication and pain of comp...

from proustitute

I'm thoroughly surprised by this book, and it's a testament to the power of Goodreads and friends' reviews on here: I never would have picked up this book if it hadn't been for that.Abbott knows what she's doing: the lingo; the pacing; how the plot unfurls. What really intrigued me was how a book...

from margaret.armour

I was pleasantly surprised with this one! I really enjoyed Abbott's prose. I felt very close to the main character, but at times, I could not relate to her, as contradictory as that sounds. I did enjoy the story, but very much of it occurred within the narrator's mind, as opposed to "action" in t...

from RidgewayGirl

Megan Abbott had me with the first book of hers that I read, Queenpin. Her books are tightly plotted novels about crime and darkness. Her early books are classic hard-boiled stories set in the thirties and forties, while her newer offerings are modern noir, but they share strong female protagonis...