This story tackled grief and loss in an interesting and empowering way while it was not my favorite storyline overall due to a differing genre from my typical reads it was a good book and story despite my typical interests.

I absolutely enjoyed reading this. It is so interesting, so fast paced and just a fun read altogether. The plot in this was very interesting as it talks about friendship, trust and family. Reading this made me realise how important it is to always be true to yourself and be honest.

This book explores a toxic and overly dependent female friendship in high school. It was highly enjoyable even though the characters weren't likable. There was plenty of tension and gets dark at times. The mystery of what happened to one of the cheerleaders definitely kept me reaching for the next page.

This was a dark YA book set in the world of cheerleading. Shade decides to join the squad even though her best friend Jadis would not approve. When one of the cheerleaders dies, Shade wonders if Jadis had something to do with her death. I thought this book was a sad look at the dark side of female friendships. It includes self administered tattoos and drugs.

Another AMAZING book by Krischer. I think she is one of the most important voices of our time right now bringing things to light in a realistic and relatable manner even if they are uncomfortable for the reader at times. I can't wait to see what she has coming up next.

This is a great book for fans of Kara Thomas and Jessica Goodman. It takes high school mean girls to the extreme and deftly explores how high school friendships can become toxic.

Shade and Jadis are best friends who share everything, so when Shade joins the cheerleading team and starts to make friends with the three Chloes on the team, she becomes almost unrecognizable too Jadis. This causes some tension with Shade, an when one of the Chloes ends up dead, Shade is determined to get to the bottom of it because she’s worried Jadis might be involved.

I love a book that highlights the dark side of predominantly female sports/female friendships and this book was such a wild ride. This book really showed the fine line between friendship and obsession in the most captivating way. It’s dark but I could not put this one down from the moment I started it. YA thriller fans, here you go, you need to read this one.

Thanks to Penguin Teen and NetGalley for the advanced copy.

I adored everything about this book, from the suspense to the teenage drama to mean girls friendships to the genuine friendships. This book got high school friendships right.

I ENJOYED…
☂️
The Falling Girls is about Shade and Jadis, best friends since forever, until Shade decides to try out for the cheerleader team. While Shade attempts to follow her gut and her dream of being a flyer on the team, she tries to maintain her friendship with Jadis and build new, tentative ones with the three Chloes, heads of the cheerleading team.
Shade was a compelling main character to follow. She feels, deep in her soul, that she needs to try this brand new thing even if it shatters her life-long friendship and it’s a tough position to be in. I felt for her from the very beginning, wanting her to do what was best for her, but also wanting for her friendships to be more healthy, too. Lost into her own relationships, she’s losing her sense of identity, herself in the process and I loved her growth as the story goes on, slowly fighting and finding her own sense of self, too.
The highlight of The Falling Girls certainly is the way it explores relationships and especially friendships. In this story, it’s all-consuming, co-dependant female friendships, borderline on toxic. It’s when you mean everything to each other, when you can destroy each other just as hardly as you can love each other. When the relationship is in jeopardy, the fall-out is so hard to watch. Raw and emotional: that’s what you get and what you feel with The Falling Girls. It’s messy and intense to read and I couldn’t put it down.
At the heart of The Falling Girls is a mystery, too, one of a death they can’t quite figure out. I found the suspense riveting and I found my mind churning at the possibilities, wondering who could have done it.

OVERALL
☂️
The Falling Girls is a riveting story about all-consuming friendships. I was hooked right from the start and loved the mystery of it all. 200% recommending this to fans of thrillers and especially to fans of stories about friendships.

Thank you Penguin Teen and Netgalley for an arc. Here is my honest review.

The Falling Girls felt like an honest portrayal of friendships and how toxic they can become. Even though the mysterious death of a certain cheerleader is the premise of this book, it mainly deals with codependent friendships and the lengths one will go to when they feel threatened.

Sometimes friendships in books can come off as one dimensional and fake. But the ones here were complicated; the author kept the ugliness that many friendships have.

Overall I give this book 4 1/2 stars and can’t wait to read other works from this author.

I liked this book a lot! The authors book always hit great in my opinion! Cant wait for more from Hayley Krischer

oh my gosh this is amazing! imaging having an obsessive best friend in high school who would KILL for you! this was such a dark take on ‘best friends’ in high school and delving into it. highly recommend!

Shade and Jadis are inseparable best friends for as long as they both can remember. When Shade joins the cheerleading squad, Jadis feels left behind. Then one of the cheerleaders dies under mysterious circumstances and Shade isn't convinced that Jadis wasn't behind it.

This story about a complicated, toxic relationship was super fun and highly addictive. The story was fast-paced, drama-filled, and had me turning the pages non-stop. The exploration of the obsessive female friendship was interesting, and I enjoyed learning more about Shade and Jadis as the story progressed. I think that the plot was entertaining and definitely kept me hooked throughout the entire thing. I also really loved the cheerleading stunts in this, I enjoyed the descriptions and the athleticism described by the author when it comes to cheerleading. I listened to this on audio, and I think that the narrator did a really great job with these characters' voices.

An extremely thrilling book about the power of friendship and jealousy, there were so many things that I was not expecting to see.

I was provided an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I liked the premise, but this book fell flat for me overall. The main character was somewhat hard to connect with. The dialogue didn't feel natural and real for most of the time. I'm not really sure what the entire point of the book was. I felt it was predictable.
I liked that the book revolved entirely around women and their relationships to and with each other.

The Falling Girls scrutinizes the powerful, all-consuming, ever-evolving relationship between teenage girls, aka best friends - how far they'll go for each other and how dark they'll go when they feel betrayed. While these relationships can be healthy, there's a fine line between close friendship and obsession. This is the story of what can happen when that line is crossed.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin books for an e-copy in exchange for an honest review!

Falling Girls is about teenage girls, their friendships, the extremities they are willing to go to for each other and the lines they are willing to cross for sisterhood.

I love that Hayley Krischer wrote a book on this because sisterhood is real, especially in your teenage years, your girl friends have a huge influence on one's personality. With twists and a murder, the mystery was well-written till the reveal and it was a thrilling read.

As Shade enters the cheer-leading squad, the real story begins as she starts to discover the dark depths of sisterhood, as the insufferable Chloe's feels a crack in their friendship and their deeply buried contempt and resentment starts pouring out. The book also addresses toxic friendships, and that it is important to distance yourself despite how much you love them.

Their elaborate practices and the hard-work they put in their routines built my interest in cheer-leading and it definitely makes me think that cheer-leading is a sport for real!

I loved this Heathers-ish spoof!! What a fun yet dramatic read. The murder paired with steep personal growth and fluctuating friendships made for the perfect concoction of thriller and coming of age YA. I loved the characters, the tension and antagonism, and the culminating catastrophe of the ending.

There's quite a bit to unpack from this dark and dangerous story of female friendship similar and very different which feels like [book:The Female of the Species|25812109] mixed with a little [book:Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms|55711045] and everything in between. It's about two friends who are close and when one seemingly leaves their tightknit friendship for the cheerleading friendship of the three Chloes, things get real real fast and it's not good. There's a murder. And plenty of therapy afterward.

It's also got a little Kit Frick in it and feels menacing that many would love to dig in to as readers.

"The Falling Girls" by Hayley Krischer deals with the intense friendship between Shade and Jadis and how once they become friends with other people, it starts falling apart. There's cheerleading, three Chloes and a murder to solve!

I fell in love with Krischer's writing style. The writing is moody and sets a dark-ish atmosphere right away. It reminded me of how Nina LaCour's novels make me feel: sad, devastated, but always intrigued. I read this book in just a couple of hours, because I literally needed to keep turning the pages. That's a big plus point for a mystery, I'd say!

There's Jewish (Shade) and sapphic representation (Jadis and her girlfriend are lesbians). I feel like the matter concerning the pressure of having to come out to be in a queer relationship (re: Jadis' girlfriend) could have been handled a little better though.

I think one of the book's main messages is that friendships can be toxic and unhealthy. That's a good thing for teens to realise.

I did, however, not always enjoy the portrayal of women in this book. Almost all mothers are presented negatively, they either don't care about their children or push them into eating disorders. Shade's mum was presented as a pretentious feminist, who isn't able to take care of her daughter they way she deserves to. I feel like there could have been a bit more variety.

But then again, I loved that there was no romantic subplot for Shade. It wasn't necessary for the plot at all (romance is never necessary!) - it was refreshing to have the focus on other topics.

In the author's note, Krischer mentions the awful practices of racism and sexual harassment that oftentimes occur in cheerleading, but unfortunately the novel itself doesn't really comment on those issues. There's a lot of criticism of the lack of safety measures and the demand for people to be thin in cheerleading - so why stop at that?

I think "The Falling Girls" is an interesting and beautifully written novel that you should give a chance if you're into mysteries.


Thanks Prhinternational for the free book.