Dare me megan abbott review7/1/2023 ![]() As the cheerleaders train for the final game like Spartan warriors with eating disorders, there is a death, there is a mystery, and its unravelings seem to implicate everyone. ![]() Addy’s in, Beth is out, but Addy’s in for more than she bargained, and Beth, an unforgettable villain, lashes back with stunning ferocity. Narrator Addy Hanlon is lieutenant to ruthless cheer-captain Beth Cassidy, and together they rule their high-school cheerleading squad until the arrival of Coach French, who coolly upends the power structure while letting the girls drink at her house. ![]() The full range of human experience-from joy, love, and lust to greed, betrayal, and despair-can be expressed in any activity, so why not cheerleading? In this terrific novel, Abbott (an Edgar winner for Queenpin, 2007) takes a plot that seems torn from the headlines and transforms it into Shakespearean tragedy with friendship bracelets. ![]()
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