Here it is, a solid five. Completely unexpected. Amazing writing. Such strong characters. Yes, swearing, references to drugs, sex, and shitty rock bands, and murder, and ghosts. Don’t give it to your holier than thou types, but the rest of us need this story. There’s no one who’s lived in the world who won’t identify with Annie or the injustice she faces. Just the right amount of comic relief and fantasy mixed in to lift the weight of the subject matter. Great pacing, descriptions real enough to put you there, I loved this book. Students will, too.

I was excited to get an ARC of this book as I’ve been wanting to read it for weeks! It held up to my expectations and was so much fun to read. I love books that have a fierce and unapologetic main character and Annie Lane is both of these things. I read this book in about 4 hours as I couldn’t put it down, which is always the sign of a fun read. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that there’ll be another story featuring the characters from this book, as I want to know more about them all!

Maura and Annie are best friends but when Annie ends up dead-ish she has no idea how she got that way or where Maura is. Annie is determined to find her killer and get vengeance for her death but to do that she has to remember what actually happened! This book is funny, dark and definitely a page turner, but it is also a look at the way society and men specifically, view women. The ones who are loud, brash and take up space and are viewed as difficult or a bitch. The ones who are quiet, meek and malleable who are viewed as the “good ones”. Women are all the things, spectacular good bad and ugly, and we should be allowed to be all those things free from judgment and retribution. Can’t wait to put this is the hands of some badass female students!!

This is an absolutely incredible debut! The voice is stunning from the very first page, and I enjoyed every bit of it.

I am obsessed with the title. Unfortunately, the kindle version formatting is messed up, and I was not able to read. Leaving five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Disney for the ARC.