This book was good and short so it was easy to knock out in one day! I really enjoy books that are 300 pages or less. One thing I was not a fan of was the chapters not starting on new pages, I enjoy flipping a page and the chapter being only a few pages away. But this could just be with the digital version on this book.

Review:
4 ⭐
PRETTY FURIOUS is so different from what I normally read, and still all the same: revenge for people who have done wrong. This book takes revenge to an entire new level: no M word only people reaping what they sow and being alive to face to consequences. PRETTY FURIOUS was a quick less-than-a-day read. It's not your typical mystery, but it's filled with suspense and harrowing acts that keep the reader intrigued and wanting more. I liked PRETTY FURIOUS. It was empowering and focused on issues for today's time. It shows that we as a society don't have to take anything from anyone. PRETTY FURIOUS is a must read for 2024.

What I Liked About It:
*the empowerment

YA thrillers are hard for me unless they're coming from Karen M. McManus, so this is entirely on me. I liked the setting and the overall concept, but it was a tad slow going for my taste and i didn't really think the stakes were particularly high in this one.

There was something about this book. Like I had fun reading and I wanted to know what was going to happen. But it was not my favorite book. The girls and their birthday wishes got crazier as the time went one and you can tell they were feeling invincible because of that. And the ending I was like okay. Granted the girls were trying to help others and they clearly wanted who ever wronged someone to be punished. Some of the events just made me go, uh. But it was still a nice quick read, though I probably would not go out of my way to get it. I was super happy to have gotten this book as an arc from Penguin Teen which helped.

I loved the story, the world building and meeting the different characters. I felt completely immersed in the story and couldn't stop reading it.

ARC provided by @penguinteen (thank you!) Pretty furious follows 5 girls who live in a small town in rural Canada. After years of suffering injustice and prejudice (but mostly witnessing it, they’re all white and privileged), they decide to take matters into their own hands. For each of their birthdays, the girls make a wish, which they later put in action to get revenge on those who have wronged them.

This book is honestly nothing special. We’ve all read about small towns and their bigotry. While it’s important, I was simply dragging myself through the book. We’re told the stakes are high if they get caught, but the author doesn’t do much to create a tense atmosphere. The actual crimes they commit are mild (excluding arson) and are vaguely explained. We don’t really get to see the effect of their execution.

The pacing was also strange. There’s a lot of info dumping about the town and characters’ relationships, lives, and families, and not a lot of it becomes relevant at all. The author spends pages doing mundane things like watching a movie but only sentences describing the crimes committed. I don’t mind things like this, but it had to be done well and be balanced with the actual plot (it was not).

Another thing I disliked about this book was the writing. I feel as if the author went into the book expecting us to know things about the characters that we didn’t. For example, I didn’t even know they were in Canada until halfway through, because it’s alluded to but not confirmed. I tried my best to follow the larger cast of characters, but it was so difficult that I eventually gave up.

One thing I did appreciate about this book is its portrayal of female friendships. The main characters were all girls, and it wasn’t forced or awkward at all. Each girl was complex and interesting. These girls were genuinely friends and interacted in ways that I could definitely envision off page.

If you go into this book with lower expectations, you might have a good time reading it.