This was a very different read. I had a very hard time putting it down, though I don't know if it's a book I would definitely recommend. Like I said, it was a different type of book.
Blair and Ardith are teenagers and best friends and come from very different types of families. Blair's parents are never around and don't seem to even notice they have a daughter, unless it's to help further her mom's career ambitions. Ardith's parents are known as the "cool" parents, letting their son's friends hang out every day/night, letting them drink. Her mom flirts with all the boys, her dad gropes all the girls. And Ardith hates it.
Both of these girls go through a lot in their lives, both at home and at school. This book focuses these girls who have done an unspeakable act "for the greater good". I think what kept me reading was to find out what this "act" they committed was, and because I did come to care for these two girls. Maybe it goes back to my facination with psychology and knowing how hard adolescence is for teens now-a-days. My heart hurt for these girls.
This book leaves you thinking even after you've finished. I can't yet say if I could "forgive" these girls for what they did, but I do see the reason they did it. Definitely a thinker book.
Now I'm having a hard time figuring out what to read next. I do want to read Rogue, because I loved the first book, but I really don't know if I'm in the mood for that type of book right now. I may have to start a few to find one I'm in the mood to read. Ever get that way? I'm just not sure what type of genre I'm in the frame of mind for. I think school is getting to me. Can't wait for the semester to be over!
blurb from back cover: Blair and Ardith are best friends who have committed an unforgivable act in the name of love and justice. But in order to understand what could drive two young women to such extreme measures, first you'll have to understand why. You'll have to listen as they describe parents who are alternately absent and smothering, classmates who mock and shun anyone different, and young men who are allowed to hurt and dominate without consequence. You will have to learn what it's like to be a teenage girl who locks her bedroom door at night, who has been written off by the adults around her damaged goods. A girl who has no one to trust except the one person she's forbidden to see. You'll have to understand what it's really like to be forgotten and abandoned in America today. Are you ready?
