Per dare inizio al weekend, qui sul blog compare la recensione di un libro che avete già visto la settimana scorsa - questo è sicuramente uno dei miei libri preferiti del 2020 e lo so che siamo solo a febbraio.
Sono davvero felice di aver avuto l'opportunità di leggerlo in anteprima e dopo la recensione in italiano, ora è il momento di quella inglese in occasione del blogtour.
Sono davvero felice di aver avuto l'opportunità di leggerlo in anteprima e dopo la recensione in italiano, ora è il momento di quella inglese in occasione del blogtour.
First of all, thanks to NetGalley and Meghan from Wednesday Books for sending me an eARC in exchange for a honest review.You have to know English isn’t my first language, so feel free to correct me if I make some mistakes while writing this review.
Author: Hannah Capin
Publication Date: February 18th 2020
Pages: 336 (Kindle Edition)
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Link Amazon: https://amzn.to/318mvIf
Plot: Elle and her friends Mads, Jenny, 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 Elle’s sweet sixteen, when they crash a St. Andrew’s Prep party. The night the golden boys choose Elle as their next target.
They picked the wrong girl.
Sworn to vengeance, Elle transfers to St. Andrew’s. 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.
Foul is Fair is a bloody, thrilling revenge fantasy for the girls who have had enough. Golden boys beware: something wicked this way comes.
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TRIGGER WARNING: sexual aggression, rape culture, violence, abusive relationship, attempted suicide, transphobic bullying.
I know, it's only February, but I can already tell you this is going to be one of my favorite books of 2020.
I won't go too much into details about the plot because I think it's better if you discover this book on your own while the story unfolds itself.
When I was in high school, a classmate of mine told us a story she heard from someone she knew. This guy knew another guy, a proud owner of a snake. Then it came the day the guy gushed about his snake, how it was so cute and tender while sleeping right next to him on the bed - but pay attention: it slept laying down alongside his form, not curled up. So the guy my classmate knew advised him with a certain urgency to get rid of him somehow - that's because the snake was measuring him up in order to eat him.
Well, Jade and her plotting reminded me of that chilling story because Jade does the same: she measures everyone up in order to eat them alive.
Girls are supposed to have the world at their feet, to feel confident everywhere they go, to be so brilliant people have to wear shades to look at them.
Elle, Mads, Jenny and Summer are exactly like that - they're teenagers conquering the world one night at a time. But what happens when someone feels entitled to take what they think it's their right to take without asking first?
What happens when the golden boys think they can always get away with it because what charm doesn't, money sure does?
In a couple of hours, Elle's life like she knew it isn't the same as before.
Those golden boys took her claws, her fangs, trimmed her wings, stole her brilliance and her power - and she wants everything back with the interests.
From Elle's ashes, Jade is born - plotting, scheming, commanding her coven to do what has to be done: kill every one of them.
This is a story about revenge: it's brutal, vicious, gritty and I love every second of it.
You can't tell for sure that something is really magical here - sure, we read about Jade's wings and how her shadow makes everyone cower in fear, but we can't exactly point a finger on something specific.
It's simply so beautifully written and well-constructed that you believe every single word - Hannah Capin did an amazing job with these characters and this world.
A world that's morally gray and a protagonist you may think is unlikeable, but you can't help to love and cheer on her.
This book is for every girl who felt beaten down, for every girl that refused to stand down, for every girl that suffered and for every girl still wanting to fight. For every girl that burnt with a hate and a rage so large they didn't know what to do with themselves. For every girl that tried to forget and for every girl that swore to always remember.
Jade isn't afraid of the darkness, she's not afraid to descend in a pit so obscure light can't be strong enough to show itself if that means getting revenge for what they've done to her. She's not afraid to do whatever it needs to be done and this book doesn't shy away from blackmail, psychological manipulation, blood, cruelty, payback, power, guilt, shame.
It's about rape, silence, slut-shaming and victim-blaming - about something so cruel that somebody still sees it as a weekend diversion.
But it's also about friendship, pride, self-respect and rebirth.
It's a book full of shadows and ghosts, but you'll get hooked up even before you know what hit you - it's a must-read. It always swings between light and darkness and if perhaps you get at the end when it's past midnight, you'll be so afraid to look to the side in fear of seeing a toothy grin so brilliant and scary pointed in your direction.
I won't go too much into details about the plot because I think it's better if you discover this book on your own while the story unfolds itself.
When I was in high school, a classmate of mine told us a story she heard from someone she knew. This guy knew another guy, a proud owner of a snake. Then it came the day the guy gushed about his snake, how it was so cute and tender while sleeping right next to him on the bed - but pay attention: it slept laying down alongside his form, not curled up. So the guy my classmate knew advised him with a certain urgency to get rid of him somehow - that's because the snake was measuring him up in order to eat him.
Well, Jade and her plotting reminded me of that chilling story because Jade does the same: she measures everyone up in order to eat them alive.
Girls are supposed to have the world at their feet, to feel confident everywhere they go, to be so brilliant people have to wear shades to look at them.
Elle, Mads, Jenny and Summer are exactly like that - they're teenagers conquering the world one night at a time. But what happens when someone feels entitled to take what they think it's their right to take without asking first?
What happens when the golden boys think they can always get away with it because what charm doesn't, money sure does?
In a couple of hours, Elle's life like she knew it isn't the same as before.
Those golden boys took her claws, her fangs, trimmed her wings, stole her brilliance and her power - and she wants everything back with the interests.
From Elle's ashes, Jade is born - plotting, scheming, commanding her coven to do what has to be done: kill every one of them.
This is a story about revenge: it's brutal, vicious, gritty and I love every second of it.
You can't tell for sure that something is really magical here - sure, we read about Jade's wings and how her shadow makes everyone cower in fear, but we can't exactly point a finger on something specific.
It's simply so beautifully written and well-constructed that you believe every single word - Hannah Capin did an amazing job with these characters and this world.
A world that's morally gray and a protagonist you may think is unlikeable, but you can't help to love and cheer on her.
This book is for every girl who felt beaten down, for every girl that refused to stand down, for every girl that suffered and for every girl still wanting to fight. For every girl that burnt with a hate and a rage so large they didn't know what to do with themselves. For every girl that tried to forget and for every girl that swore to always remember.
Jade isn't afraid of the darkness, she's not afraid to descend in a pit so obscure light can't be strong enough to show itself if that means getting revenge for what they've done to her. She's not afraid to do whatever it needs to be done and this book doesn't shy away from blackmail, psychological manipulation, blood, cruelty, payback, power, guilt, shame.
It's about rape, silence, slut-shaming and victim-blaming - about something so cruel that somebody still sees it as a weekend diversion.
But it's also about friendship, pride, self-respect and rebirth.
It's a book full of shadows and ghosts, but you'll get hooked up even before you know what hit you - it's a must-read. It always swings between light and darkness and if perhaps you get at the end when it's past midnight, you'll be so afraid to look to the side in fear of seeing a toothy grin so brilliant and scary pointed in your direction.
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