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fairpersephone 's review for:
All These Beautiful Strangers
by Elizabeth Klehfoth
3.5 stars!
In a nutshell, Charlie Calloway is an uber-rich teenage girl attending a preparatory school for uber-rich teenagers. Ten years ago, when she was seven, her mother disappeared; in the present, an elite secret society of her school (the "A's") have set their sights on initiating her amongst their ranks. Charlie soon learns that failing the tasks they set for her in order to become a full-fledged member has devastating consequences, and these two plotlines converge as she attempts to gain their approval and falls deeper into the rabbit hole of her mother's disappearance.
This one was a real toughie to rate. On one hand, I raced through it in less than a day, which has been hard for me lately, as Assorted Personal Life things have meant that I've barely been able to do a book or two a month. The characters were flawed and at times outright unlikeable, which is sometimes just plain fun to read about. On the other, I feel like the threads introduced weren't tied up in a manner as satisfying as I'd have liked, and the climax of the story wasn't the 'bang' I was hoping for.
In a nutshell, Charlie Calloway is an uber-rich teenage girl attending a preparatory school for uber-rich teenagers. Ten years ago, when she was seven, her mother disappeared; in the present, an elite secret society of her school (the "A's") have set their sights on initiating her amongst their ranks. Charlie soon learns that failing the tasks they set for her in order to become a full-fledged member has devastating consequences, and these two plotlines converge as she attempts to gain their approval and falls deeper into the rabbit hole of her mother's disappearance.
This one was a real toughie to rate. On one hand, I raced through it in less than a day, which has been hard for me lately, as Assorted Personal Life things have meant that I've barely been able to do a book or two a month. The characters were flawed and at times outright unlikeable, which is sometimes just plain fun to read about. On the other, I feel like the threads introduced weren't tied up in a manner as satisfying as I'd have liked, and the climax of the story wasn't the 'bang' I was hoping for.