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I’ve Been Eternally Screwed Over // Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas

| Claudia Victoria

Dangerous Girls

R10

Author: Abigail Haas
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Series: N/A
Genre: Contemporary, Mystery
Pages: 388
Format: eBook
Release Date: May 6, 2014
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It’s Spring Break of senior year. Anna, her boyfriend Tate, her best friend Elise, and a few other close friends are off to a debaucherous trip to Aruba that promises to be the time of their lives.But when Elise is found brutally murdered, Anna finds herself trapped in a country not her own, fighting against vile and contemptuous accusations. As Anna sets out to find her friend’s killer, she discovers harsh revelations about her friendships, the slippery nature of truth, and the ache of young love.

Awaiting the judge’s decree, it becomes clear to Anna that everyone around her thinks she is not only guilty, but also dangerous. And when the whole story comes out, reality is more shocking than anyone could ever imagine…

How much do you love me?

Mindfucked.

That’s the first word I could think of, and probably the only word I’ll ever use, to describe Dangerous Girls.

Mindblown is too soft a word. Being mindblown is after reading the end of Red Queen.

But being mindfucked? That’s right up Dangerous Girls’ alley.

Abigail Haas is a genius. A pure goddamn genius. This book is such a ride, with subtle hints drops and curveballs thrown at you at unbelievable angles at all the unexpected moments so you’re just forced to stop and think: what the fuck?

I want to keep this non-spoilery part of the review short and sweet. Because this book is not the longest, and because I believe that books like these need the smallest information given and only the evident go read it now put in their reviews.

So, adieu! Go read it! And don’t click on the spoiler – only if you dare!

SPOILERS

Is indistinct screaming acceptable at this point?

Screw it. I’m doing it anyway.

aaUUAUHHGHHHAGUUUGH.

The ending, methinks, will be one that will stay with me for the rest of my life. The whole last chapter – the tensions and the guessing and your mind just buzzing on trying to figure out how it ends and

it ends.

And you’re left reeling.

I have to applaud her, for the carefully constructed story with just enough holes for you to become confused (“wait, but it doesn’t add up?”) but not enough for you to fully suspect what’s going on. And she leaves you hanging… hanging… hanging… up until the last sentence.

I win.

And it just completely screws with you that you’re completely thrown and you just don’t know what what what?

Honestly, I don’t think an author has messed with me just as much as Haas has.

Would anyone suspect? Anna? Anna, who’s such a good author it’s scary, who can think so manipulatively even after she butchered her best friend?

There’s definitely something wrong with her.

If you’ve read it, tell me what you felt!  clearly label your comments with spoilers, though! preferably with a couple of spaces between SPOILERS and your actual comment.