Many thanks to NetGalley, Ballantine Books, and Lisa Lutz for the opportunity to read and review her latest book. I loved The Passenger - this one was quite different but I loved it too! 4.5 stars for a great read.
In Vermont, Alex Witt takes a job at a third-rate boarding school. After having to leave her previous job under a scandal, Alex wants to just do her job. But she soon realizes that there is an underlying culture of sexism going on - one that the administrators and teachers seem to be oblivious about. Namely, a group of popular boys (The Ten) continue to operate a secret website rating the girls. Alex is teaching creative writing and gives the students an anonymous questionnaire on her first class - which leads her to help figure out the hierarchy of students. Once the girls realize what's going on, revenge rears its ugly head.
This is a fun read, despite the subject matter, made more fun by the diagrams and charts. By the way, the blowchart in this book should be a mandatory staple in every girl's sexual education. Set in 2009, this pre-MeToo gives life lessons served with campy fun.
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