Han, Jenny and Siobhan Vivian Burn For Burn, 356 pgs. Simon and Schuster, 2012. $17.99
Content: Language: R (100 swears; 2 “F”; 23 God); Mature Content: PG-13;
Violence: PG.
Three girls, Mary, Lillia
and Kat, all have revenge on the mind.
So when Kat decides to quit waiting for karma, and take matters into her
own hands, she swears the other two girls to a secret plan to destroy the three
people who have made their life hard.
Mary was tortured by Reeve, a boy who pretended to be her friend in
private, but publicly called her fat and turned their small private school
against her. Lillia thought she could
trust her friend Alex, he wants to be more than friends, but he’s always been respectful
of Lillia, until she finds her little sister’s clothes in his bedroom. Kat wants revenge on Rennie, her childhood
best friend, who has labeled Kat as a druggie and slut. The three girls share their heartache with
each other and then meticulously make a plan to ruin their nemesis.
This book is uncomfortable to read because
revenge turns good people bad. The girls
vacillate between satisfaction in their acts and deep regret. The book has the feel of Pretty Little Liars
meets Mean Girls, with all the high school social drama. I cared about the characters, so when the
ending left the whole story unresolved I was very frustrated. There is going to be another book in the
series that hopefully allows the girls to redeem themselves.
HS-OPTIONAL.
Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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