(Summary from Goodreads). Some girls will always have your back, and some girls can't help but stab you in it.
Junior year, the suburbs of Philadelphia. Alex, Mollie and Veronica are those girls: they're the best of friends and the party girls of the school. But how well does everybody know them--and really, how well do they know one another? Alex is secretly in love with the boy next door and has joined a band--without telling anyone. Mollie suffers from a popular (and possibly sociopathic) boyfriend, as well as a serious mean streak. And Veronica just wants to be loved--literally, figuratively, physically....she's not particular. Will this be the year that bonds them forever....or tears them apart for good?
Lauren Saft masterfully conveys what goes on in the mind of a teenage girl, and her debut novel is raw, honest, hilarious, and thought-provoking, with a healthy dose of heart.
I really tried to give this book a try. When I saw it on Netgalley and read the summary, I downloaded it right away... I just love books about friendship and alternating POVs. But this was just too much. I got through (maybe) 3 chapters before I had enough.
These "bffs" are so rude and horrible! I'm not really for friends who are nice to each other on the outside and secretly hate each other on the inside. It's just not cool. I've had it happen to me before and it's not okay. These girls are rich so therefore very stuck up... from what I read from other reviews, it gets worse.
Maybe I'll give it another try in the future, but it was not my cup of tea. Books like this are kind of for a younger/different audience. I love books about revenge and friendship and that kind of stuff, but.... this was just too much seeing as the girls had no reason to be so rude to each other right at the beginning of the book. Right at the beginning one of the girls decided to join a band or audition or whatever. She told one of her friends, and she wasn't even supportive. She just said something like "what made you all of a sudden want to join a band?" and "Did you tell Veronica?" Like... what even?
1 out of five stars?
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