The Revenge Game
by Jordyn Taylor
A wickedly comic feminist mystery about the dark side of a hopeless romantic’s seemingly perfect love story—for readers of Jessica Goodman and Kara Thomas.
Alyson is a romantic, and sometimes it gets her into trouble. Like last summer, she thought her co-worker was into her, when in reality he found her flirting pathetic.
Then she meets Brenton Riggs Jr., and right away she knows that their connection isn’t just in her head. When he swoops in to save her one night from a less than savory party encounter, she falls head-over-heels. Finally, someone Alyson likes who likes her back!
But when she finds out about the King’s Cup—a competition the guy’s at their boarding school started to see who has the most sexual prowress—she’s put on edge. Does Brenton really want to be with her, or is he just trying to win? Then Alyson and the other girls at the school start a competition of their own: The Queen’s Cup. It’s all about reclaiming their power. But as the compeition heats up, Alyson’s relationship begins to fall apart—and it isn’t long before the cracks in her perfect love story start to show through.
I couldn’t remember what this was about when I opened it on my kindle. It wasn’t quite what I expected, but I still enjoyed most of it.
Alyson was a like/dislike character for me. I’m a romantic too and I probably would have been the same way as she was with Brenton. But she should have realized that he was too perfect. No teenage boy is like that. What I really enjoyed was the girls getting back at the boys that hurt or harassed them. Jess was a great best friend. I’m still not sure how I feel about the ending.
Please be aware that there is a lot of talk of sexual harassment and rape.
I gave this book 4 stars.
Have you read this? Is it on your TBR?
