A review by plumeriade
Tease by Amanda Maciel

3.0

this is tough to rate. i think Tease did a good job of painting an even picture of the events. no one, no one deserves to be bullied--of COURSE that's true. but the fact is that bullying happens, and our narrator sees that as just part of the pecking order that she endured too-- everyone does it to each other. and taken individually, none of the things Sara and Brielle did to Emma are really stand-out horrific (i mean, one of the "incidents" was sending her a huge amount of flowers as a joke). and Sara has valid reasons to really dislike Emma. that doesn't make what happened OKAY. but the book paints a more nuanced, realistic picture than "heartless bully vs. angel bullied for no reason."

that said, as a story, i felt it was a little lacking in character development. Sarah doesn't have a huge transformation (which is fine), but even her SLIGHT change of heart felt sudden.