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Wicked
352 pages
A deliciously addictive cocktail of designer labels, dark secrets, and relentless paranoia in a picture-perfect town.
What it feels like
Reading this installment feels like biting into a perfectly frosted cupcake only to find it laced with poison. The pace is relentlessly propulsive, dragging you through the manicured lawns and designer-clad hallways of a town where everyone is lying and no one is safe. The atmosphere is soaked in a glamorous, suburban-gothic paranoia, balancing the frivolous drama of high school hierarchy with genuine, creeping dread. The prose is punchy and gossipy, reading less like traditional literature and more like a scandalous, late-night text thread from a frenemy who knows all your worst mistakes. It is pure, unadulterated popcorn thriller perfection, delighting readers who love their coming-of-age stories served with a heavy dose of betrayal, toxic friendship, and inescapable suspense.
- Mood
- paranoid
- glamorous
- tense
- suburban-gothic
- Tone
- gossipy
- melodramatic
- suspenseful
- sardonic
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- toxic friendships · suburban hypocrisy · the burden of secrets · performative perfection · loss of innocence
- The writing
- Punchy, brand-name-dropping, and highly conversational, designed to read like a scandalous text message from a frenemy.
- The arc
- Starts with a false sense of security that rapidly unravels into escalating paranoia and desperate self-preservation.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-stakes teen drama, designer wardrobes, and twisty mysteries where everyone has something to hide.
Content notes
- stalking
- bullying
- underage drinking
- inappropriate teacher-student relationships
- murder
About the book
In idyllic Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four very pretty girls just can't help but be bad....
Hanna will do anything to be Rosewood's queen bee. Spencer's digging up her family's secrets. Emily can't stop thinking about her new boyfriend. And Aria approves a little too strongly of her mom's taste in men.
Now that Ali's killer is finally behind bars, the girls think they're safe. But those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. And they should know by now that I'm always watching.... --A
Description from Open Library.
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