Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

Summary:

Climbing to the top of the social ladder is hard–falling from it is even harder. Regina Afton used to be a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, an all-girl clique both feared and revered by the students at Hallowell High… until vicious rumors about her and her best friend’s boyfriend start going around.

Now Regina’s been “frozen out” and her ex-best friends are out for revenge. If Regina was guilty, it would be one thing, but the rumors are far from the terrifying truth and the bullying is getting more intense by the day. She takes solace in the company of Michael Hayden, a misfit with a tragic past who she herself used to bully. Friendship doesn’t come easily for these onetime enemies, and as Regina works hard to make amends for her past, she realizes Michael could be more than just a friend… if threats from the Fearsome Foursome don’t break them both first.

Anna’s Thoughts:

You know the saying – There’s an exception to every rule – right? Of course you do, everyone does. And I have the biggest rule that Courtney Summers just seems to break every time I even look at one of her books: I do not read contemporary. I should probably be offended actually, because she’s made a liar out of me. That’s the truest testament of a good book, or a good anything for that matter: When it’s usually something you wouldn’t try, but when you do it completely and utterly converts you. And while I’m not out searching for contemporary books left and right, I can tell you that the second Courtney’s next book is up for pre-order, I will order it. I had Courtney’s first book Cracked Up To Be on my TBR List for months, and it wasn’t until I read the first chapter of Some Girls Are that I actually went out and purchased it. I wanted to read SGA so bad that I settled for a book that wasn’t even the same, only similarity was the author.

Some Girls Are starts you off with a bang from the very beginning, there is no getting to know the characters (although you do little by little throughout the book), there is just action and it doesn’t stop until the very last page. Regina is a horrible character, in the way that her personality and past actions almost guarantees that she’s going to hell, and yet somehow I found myself crying through most of the book because I felt bad for her. Courtney has the incredible talent to be able to pack loads of emotion and action into one sentence, an accomplishment some authors can’t pull off in an entire book. There was absolutely nothing I didn’t enjoy about this book (other than Anna and her group, that is), and I have nothing but praise for it. Courtney’s writing completely drags you and demands that you read every single word, and actually later I’m going through them searching for subliminal messages.

Overall, if you like contemporary books, you need to read this, and if you don’t enjoy contemporary books you should actually probably read it anyway. It may very well convert you as well!