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A review by specificity
Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor
4.0
Actual rating: 4.5 stars
I reread this book for the first time in four years and I really, really enjoyed it.
There were so many suspects and this was a pretty complex murder with intertwined motives from each suspect, but the book managed to keep the plot clear without letting it feel too predictable.
Anne is incredibly smart — in general and for a YA heroine — and she shows a lot of growth and maturity with the events in this book. She's a delightful character and I honestly love her tendency to not get into serious relationships and not slut shame, which is something I find very frequent and very annoying in the average YA heroine who spends an entire trilogy debating whether to have sex with the boyfriend (and also slut shaming the 'enemy' girl). Alexis is the enemy girl for valid reasons — wealth, classism, political power, entitlement, and And Anne and the narrative criticize her for these reasons, not for something as stupid and inconsequential as sex.
Anne is very driven in her search for the truth, and is ready to regulate and re-evaluate her relationships with her two main love interests based on whether she trusts them enough or whether they're ruining her progress at investigation, which makes me love her so, so much, and also approve of the love triangle for once. It's barely a love triangle, especially since she's very clear that she's not up for anything serious just yet, and she has her priorities set which I really respect about her.
In conclusion, I love Anne Dowling and I love this series just as much as I did when I was sixteen.
I reread this book for the first time in four years and I really, really enjoyed it.
There were so many suspects and this was a pretty complex murder with intertwined motives from each suspect, but the book managed to keep the plot clear without letting it feel too predictable.
Anne is incredibly smart — in general and for a YA heroine — and she shows a lot of growth and maturity with the events in this book. She's a delightful character and I honestly love her tendency to not get into serious relationships and not slut shame, which is something I find very frequent and very annoying in the average YA heroine who spends an entire trilogy debating whether to have sex with the boyfriend (and also slut shaming the 'enemy' girl). Alexis is the enemy girl for valid reasons — wealth, classism, political power, entitlement, and
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disgusting racism.Anne is very driven in her search for the truth, and is ready to regulate and re-evaluate her relationships with her two main love interests based on whether she trusts them enough or whether they're ruining her progress at investigation, which makes me love her so, so much, and also approve of the love triangle for once. It's barely a love triangle, especially since she's very clear that she's not up for anything serious just yet, and she has her priorities set which I really respect about her.
In conclusion, I love Anne Dowling and I love this series just as much as I did when I was sixteen.