20+ year ago, I was in a sorority so this book title and story looked interesting. Anything after the title deviated from my experiences since I was at a small college versus the power house university in the story. I also didn't join the most popular house and since we are talking lifetimes ago, OOTD wasn't a thing.

The 4 main sisters are only 5 years out of college and already settled into life but mysterious messages/emails threaten to ruin those lives based on college decisions.

I enjoyed the back and forth from past to present telling of the story as well as the chapter snippets from the Spill Book that is causing all the trouble. This is a story about some messed up secrets and honestly not really redeeming ladies who did what they felt they had to do to make it in college and sorority life.

They were so toxic but I enjoyed the gossipy story and I feel like they honestly could be people you might encounter during rushing a sorority. It was a trashy train wreck but in the best way.

Thank you to William Morrow & NetGalley for an ARC of this book, in exchange for my honest opinion. I enjoyed this book, throughly! As someone who went to college in the South, and was a member of a sorority, I was so excited to read this book!

Anyone who’s obsessed with Bama Rush Tok, will enjoy this book peeling back the curtain on sorority life. But I also would like to say a lot of things were stretched and embellished upon in the Greeklife community for this book, but from an entertainment stand point it absolutely delivers.

The storyline did get confusing at times because it switched between multiple POV, and also alternating timelines of then and now; so I did spend a lot of time flipping back and forth to follow who was speaking, and which timeline it was a part of. At some points the story felt like a thriller, trying to solve the mystery of who stole the spill book. But the ending to that felt very anticlimactic. There was also sooooo many different problems to try and keep track of while reading, and by the end I felt like not every problem was addressed with a solution, it just felt like the ending was kind of abrupt.

So if you’re looking for an outstanding piece of literature, Rush Week probably isn’t it, but if you’re looking for a fun, entertaining, and JUICY story to get lost in, pick this one up!

I honestly don't know how to feel about this book. On one had, it delivered on the promise of scandal and "Behind-The-Scenes" of Rush Week. It did a good job of describing the feel of both college life as well as the deep South and definitely hit on real-life issues and fears of being a college female that some feel are "too controversial" (date-rape drugs, abortion, abuse, etc.). However, I felt like a few plotlines were just there to fill a hole and didn't have substance to them. Additionally, I was left questioning "what just happened" at the end. I understood one of the plotlines but didn't feel like a few others actually had closure.

I was so excited to read this. The premise sounded great and I love a good mean girls/sorority sisters vibe. However, this book was such a difficult read. It felt very unorganized and juvenile. The characters were unbearable….all of them. I didn’t mind the dual timeline & I love a book with short chapters but everything else missed the mark for me. The constant references to social media, feet pics, etc left me cringing.
I’m curious to know why the author didn’t write the book with less of the cultural references and more of The Machines plot. I think it would’ve been more of a page turner had she gone that route. It was easy to figure out who took the spill book from early on & the reasoning behind it was disappointing. The ending was a short fizzle instead of a mind blowing shock. I would say the author definitely has potential but this one missed the mark for me and I really hate giving bad reviews. :(

Unfortunately I really struggled finishing the book. There were so many things that didn’t work for me. The characters seemed like they were still in high school. The pacing of the book was on and off and honestly I found it to be draining. The book could have been a lot shorter than it was. The premise and the cover were intriguing but the book sadly was a flop.

The drama in this was entertaining, if a bit much. It was a bit raunchier than expected and the storylines were pretty surface level, but it made for a quick read and brain break after some heavier books. If you enjoy RushTok this may be a good beach read option for the summer!

Do you love watching the University of Alabama rush week videos on TikTok? This book may be for you! This follows four girls from the time they are freshman at Bama through after they’ve graduated. The four girls all want to rush Alpha Delta Lambda sorority and come from different backgrounds. We quickly realize the girls will do anything to get into the prestigious sorority and rule campus. During their time in the sorority, sordid secrets are revealed in a spill book and later used as blackmail. I enjoyed this book. I was also in a sorority and although my sorority experience was very different than depicted in this book, the story resonated with me. It’s a sordid tale involving a lot of naughty acts. I love watching the pledge videos which is a big chunk of the beginning of the story. Check it out if you love sorority life!

Rush Week serves up Southern sorority drama with secrets, scandals, and a stolen confession book that threatens to blow everything up. It’s juicy and fast-paced, with plenty of wild twists and dark humor to keep you flipping pages. The drama is entertaining, sure—but a bit surface-level at times.
If you’re looking for a messy, bingeable read with a Mean Girls-meets-Big Little Lies vibe, this will scratch the itch.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced reader copy.

Unnecessarily vulgar at times, and the plot wasn’t as exciting as the description made it seem. The twist at the end was a bit lackluster.

Oh this was juicy! I loved the setting of sorority sisters on a college campus. The alternating chapters between past and present was the icing on the cake. I can't say I was surprised on who did it.

9 years ago, Bama freshmen Annabelle, Asana, Taylor, and Brooklyn joined a sorority and became the HBICs, hiding many secrets in the process. 5 years after graduation, the girls reconnect in campus for Rush Week, and they have to try to keep those secrets from coming out.

I was so excited by the premise of this book. Sororities and secrets, blackmail, a Mean Girls-esque “Spill Book” that the girls wrote during their college days—it sounds like the perfect campus thriller. Unfortunately, the premise is the most interesting thing about this book.

The timeline makes no sense. As freshmen, the girls danced to WAP at a party, which means the earliest they could have started to school was fall 2020. But the “now” section takes place 5 years after graduation, so assuming it took them 4 years to finish undergrad, the “now” sections are taking place in 2029. Are we time travelers now?

I don’t think the author has ever met a sorority girl before. I was not in one myself, but I went to a large SEC school and had many friends who were. My friends were (and still are) smart, kind, driven, and successful women. The characters in the book are caricatures of the worst possible sorority girl. I honestly couldn’t even tell the POVs apart sometimes because they were so similar, and I hated all of them.

The entire concept of the “Spill Book”—that sisters write their deepest, darkest secrets and hope that no one will see them—is so beyond ridiculous that I was irritated and it totally took me out of the story. The pacing is also brutally slow, and the book could have been 100+ pages shorter because NOTHING HAPPENS except for all the girls being terrible people.

This book is unfocused, too long, and dull. Really disappointing.

The author did her research but I hate when books date themselves and this one does it with TikTok. Some of the storylines were too silly for me.

I loved this book! Multiple POVs, dual timeline, and morally grey characters! The FMCs are "best friends" who all have dark secrets they don't want to come out. While I can describe the FMCs as unlikable, I found myself routing for them. I thoroughly enjoyed the story that took place during their college days. The present focused on reckoning with their choices and the events that took place during and immediately after college. The reveal of the "big bad" was a little predictable and the blackmail plot a little weak, but I loved the characters and their arcs. Themes of female friendships, hazing/bullying, revenge, redemption, shame, and realizing your strengths. Check TWs for this one!

Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for the e-arc!

Brooklyn, Asana, Taylor, and Annabelle were in THE sorority at Alabama and this book tells their story from "then" and "now" perspectives. Now is about 5 years after graduation, but they had lost touch with each other for many reasons. Never having joined a sorority, this story seems to be everything I thought about this group of sorority women. So much drama. So much about physical appearances. The mystery that surrounds the four women was interesting but I kept thinking that they were getting some karma for making everyone write in the 'spill book' during their tea parties.
The dynamics about and between the women were a curiosity for me. Each had their own niche during college and it seemed that it continued into young adulthood. I did want to keep reading to find out how it all played out and the resolution of the mystery would make the book a good beach read.
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Thank you William Morrow and Net Galley for a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are my own.

Loved the depiction of rush life that we’ve all become enthralled with, from the show Greek to now RushTok. I wish the “big bad thing” had been more of a *gasp* reveal. But overall an easy and enjoyable read.

There was so much potential for Rush Week by Michelle Brandon but in the end, it felt like Brandon coasted off the cultural hype surrounding 'Bama Rush Week to create a muddled, often times nonsensical, story. The timeline created in Rush Week makes no sense, particularly when we are supposed to believe the main characters graduated five years ago and rushed nearly nine years ago - yet somehow the proliferation of TikTok, OOTDs, and OnClouds were prevalent in their freshman year of college. This would be fine if the present day was set up to be present day, as in 2025. The chronological timeframe makes no sense and distracted me from the storyline.

That leads me to storyline. I still don't know what it was. I still don't really understand how they all got themselves into the positions they are in, both past and present. I am still struggling to connect with a single character, her backstory, and her motivations. Unfortunately, this one fall very flat for me. The promised mystery at the center of the book ended up being a major disappointment and too convoluted to make sense. I will have to say, this one is a recommended skip on my part.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for my copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Rush Week felt like scrolling through Tik Tok during Bama Rush week and getting snapshots of everyone’s backstories and drama. The characters didn’t really have many redeeming qualities, but you kind of want to love to hate them. Reading this book was like a peek into a life that I never wanted for myself, but also can’t look away from. Some of the dialogue and situations felt a little cringey and forced to fit into stereotypes of sorority women. This would be a fun, superficial beach read, but wasn’t one I’d consider rereading.

Wow-what can I say other than this is not at all what I expected it would be. This was so sleazy and trashy that it was a DNF for me. I was hoping that it would be a cool, fluff set at UA during recruitment, but jeez! I made it about three chapters or so in and decided to abandon it.
I am not prudish, but it was raunchy. Disappointed--I had high hopes that it would a good summertime fluff read.

This book was good, but not my favorite. I enjoyed the Greek life aspect and peaking into that life as a person who did not join in Greek life when in college. That aspect was super interesting and I enjoyed all the rich people drama that came along with this, but the book had some plot holes and questions I couldn’t shake and didn’t feel were answered. This story was a quick read, but I had a hard time connecting or rooting for or even loving to hate the characters and that made it hard for me to love.

While this is certainly salacious, it is scattered and likely for a younger audience. It was a bit of a 'brain break' after reading a few books in a row that dealt with more substantive/heavier topics.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for access to this eARC.