Language: R (89 swears, 51 ‘f’); Mature Content: R (drug use, mentions self-pleasuring - no details. underage drinking, descriptive sex); Violence: PG-13 bloody death
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
The Legacies are selected from six different high schools each choosing six senior students. 17yo Bernie is hiding that her mom is possibly missing. Skyler, Bernie’s boyfriend, and Isobel are keeping a mutual secret and he’s also providing her with prescription drugs. Lee is Isobel’s boyfriend and is fairly laid back. Kendall Kirk, their classmate, is the fifth senior chosen and Tori Tasso, at Excelsior on scholarship, is the sixth. The Legacy competition is overwhelmingly intense and when someone dies, everyone becomes a suspect.
I like the alternating timelines between before and after the Legacy Ball. The characters are complex and represented realistically. I enjoyed the mystery. Bernie is white, the other characters are a mix of ethnicities.
LynnDell Watson, Delta High School Librarian
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