Title: Foul Is Fair/Golden Boys Beware by Hannah Capin
Published by Wednesday Books
Published: February 18th 2020
Genres: Fiction, Young Adult
Pages: 336
Format: ARC, Audiobook
Source: Netgalley
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Elle and her friends Mads, Jenny, and Summer rule their glittering LA circle. Untouchable, they have the kind of power other girls only dream of. Every party is theirs and the world is at their feet. Until the night of Elle’s sweet sixteen, when they crash a St. Andrew’s Prep party. The night the golden boys choose Elle as their next target.
They picked the wrong girl.
Sworn to vengeance, Elle transfers to St. Andrew’s. She plots to destroy each boy, one by one. She’ll take their power, their lives, and their control of the prep school’s hierarchy. And she and her coven have the perfect way in: a boy named Mack, whose ambition could turn deadly.
Foul is Fair is a bloody, thrilling revenge fantasy for the girls who have had enough. Golden boys beware: something wicked this way comes.

i wish this book took off when it originally came out, because reading it six years after publication, i kept thinking to myself, holy moly, this is violent and fun. i think today’s stylistic comps would be ryan la sala’s the honeys and karen m. mcmanus’s one of us is lying with a shakespeare twist.

i think the audiobook is where this book shines, much like shakespeare’s works coming alive on stage. this is meant to be listened to, to be heard. this book gives a voice to those who have been abused, who have been a victim of violence. all of the incandescent rage coalesces and releases in this narrative, and you can feel it in every sentence, in every chapter.

i think this got lost in the shuffle in general as it released just weeks before the 2020 covid shutdowns, but wow is it is still poignantly relevant today. this can be found under its rereleased title golden boys beware!

complimentary arc from wednesday books, downloaded from netgalley, all opinions are my own.