The searing novel of friendship and betrayal that inspired the USA Network series, praised by Gillian Flynn as Lord of the Flies set in a high-school cheerleading squad...
Tense, dark, and beautifully written . - Chelsea Cain, New York Times Book Review.
It\'s Heathers meets Fight Club good.
Spectacular...
Award-winning novelist Megan Abbott, writing with what Tom Perrotta has hailed as "total authority and an almost desperate intensity," provides a harrowing glimpse into the dark heart of the all-American girl.
The raw passions of girlhood are brought to life in this taut, unflinching exploration of friendship, ambition, and power.
After the first wave of shock and grief, Addy tries to uncover the truth behind the death and learns that the boundary between loyalty and love can be dangerous terrain.
Then a suicide focuses a police investigation on Coach and her squad.
Only Beth, unsettled by the new regime, remains outside Coach\'s golden circle, waging a subtle but vicious campaign to regain her position as "top girl" - both with the team and with Addy herself.
Cool and commanding, an emissary from the adult world just beyond their reach, Coach Colette French draws Addy and the other cheerleaders into her life.
Now they\'re seniors who rule the intensely competitive cheer squad, feared and followed by the other girls, until the young new coach arrives.
Beth calls the shots and Addy carries them out, a long-established order of things that has brought them to the pinnacle of their high-school careers.
Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy\'s best friend and trusted lieutenant.
The searing novel of friendship and betrayal that inspired the USA Network series, praised by Gillian Flynn as Lord of the Flies set in a high-school cheerleading squad...
Tense, dark, and beautifully written
