One word: Haunting. The themes and close ties this book has to real world schools make it a must read for everyone. Will be recommending to patrons that enjoy thrills and a healthy dose of the realities today's teens experience.

I kept checking to see if this was Young Adult fiction, because it read that way. I thought we were going to get into some thought provoking questions about gender- I was wrong.
This could have been a dull short story,

I was given an advanced copy via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I am a huge Lisa Lutz fan so I was so excited when my request to read this new one was granted. And I was not disappointed. While it took me a bit to get into the rhythm of the multiple narrators, once I was there it was a really enjoyable read. Although I sure hope that real life high-schoolers and boarding schools do not resemble some of the ones depicted here. One warning... if you are uncomfortable reading about teenagers with sex lives then this wouldn't be the read for you. Can't wait for her next one!

I found it just ok. Far too many people. Just had me backtracking too much. The plot was not realistic in school.

Thanks, NetGalley for the advance copy for review.

This is a new author for me to read and overall this book was an enjoyable read for me. Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. I would be interested in reading more from this author in the future!

I didn't get very far in this before setting it aside. I really liked the teacher's voice, but the teen was insufferable--I couldn't imagine reading more.

Lisa Lutz has taken a timely topic and turned it into one hell of a ride. Truth be told, this is not, IMO, an unbelievable scenario.

This book was outside of my usual sphere, but an interesting, thought-provoking approach to a dark subject. Telling the tale from various points of view was an interesting approach in this fast-paced story.

Alex Witt is the newest member of faculty at Stonebridge Academy. During a routine writing assignment in her creative writing class, Alex gets a number of disturbing responses from her students. The resulting investigation leads her into something called the Darkness, and a frightening attitude towards female students who complain about sexually inappropriate treatment. Lutz takes readers on one hell of a ride in this scary indictment on private schools

An interesting novel about a boarding school with a somewhat secret history of boys scoring girls. Until these girls have had enough. Overall I found the story fast paced and while not realistic, it had good characters and flow.