About the Book
While Bethany’s never fit into picture-perfect Snow Ridge, kindred spirit Ash moves to town her junior year and things finally start to look up. Except they keep finding themselves in romantic entanglements that range from disappointing to flat-out painful. They hit rock bottom after the winter dance and decide they need to flip the script on the systemic misogyny they’ve tolerated. But how?
The answer comes when Bethany stumbles upon a point system created by her charismatic older brother, who used it to secretly track and rate girls in order to gauge the perfect time to dump them. It’s twisted. It’s cold. It’s a little bit perfect.
Bethany and Ash put the point system back into action and begin to take guys down a notch or six. Before long, their tactics, confidence, and message of female empowerment spread throughout the school. But, they learn firsthand that separating your head and your heart isn’t so easy, and there’s a fine line between justice and vengeance.
Can they stand up for what’s right–without it all going wrong?
My Review
I don’t often read more young adult style novels, but the plot sounded intriguing so I said yes to a review copy. I may be far removed from my high school days, but this story definitely brought back some memories from my younger years, fitting in, forming new friendships, the hardships of young relationships. The twist with Bethany and Ash using a male-created point system against the males was humorous but of course also deeper than that when you think about what these young individuals were doing to one another, but I thought the book addressed that topic well. There were plenty of heartfelt moments, good comedic breaks and overall I enjoyed this modern and timely read.
4 stars
