Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

On her first day at a new ultra-exculsive boardiing school, Sade's roomate Elizabeth goes missing. Is it something to do with the dead rat left on the door step and the barrage of text messages she was getting that day? Elizabeth's best friend Baz and Sade don't believe like the rest of the school, that she has run back to stay with an aunt in Scotland ( Baz thinks the aunt died a year ago) so they start investigating. This leads Sade into the murky world of secret House societies at the boarding school - and of who to trust in the super elite - the gorgeous swimmer boyAdam or his ice cold twin sister Alice - the captain of the Swim Team Jude or even the strange Persephone - who can't stop staring at Sade...who can she trust? And what of Sade's past - why is she REALLY here at this school? What is her mission - is she out to avenge something?
Gripping book. Students will love it . Fair bit of trigger stuff ( Girls are drugged and raped by a secret boys society called The Fishermen) so MATURE readers.… (mehr)

Wow—this book is phenomenal. Excellent writing. It’s also culturally very important.

This is one intense and disturbing thriller. It’s hard to put down, and it’s not easy to sleep until you finish reading it.

It didn’t take me long to conclude that POS Jamie is a psychopath. Early in the book, I was already shaking my head and thinking, “Chiamaka, he’s not worth your spit.” Glad she figures that out.
Similarly, it didn’t take me long to notice that Jack is a homophobe. I thought, “Devon, please ditch this asshole. He’s not worthy.”
I was so glad when Chiamaka and Devon start associating with each other—I was waiting for that.

Though I have white privilege (I’m pale, Celtic, and Ashkenazi), I often think, “White Americans are psychopaths.” This novel—like the history white supremacists don’t want anyone to learn—is one of those things that inspire that thought.… (mehr)

If ever there was a cautionary tale, this is it. Several of the plot elements aren't unique, but here they're woven together in a most intriguing manner, with the protagonist's motivation so well hidden it should surprise the majority of readers.Anyone who thinks things like what befalls girls in this story (and the boys who perpetrate them) without school administrations knowing what's happening and pretending they aren't, most likely still puts teeth under their pillow, expecting to wake and find money instead.… (mehr)