Not only that, she becomes the victim of the clique’s intense bullying, which she was once on the other side of.

Regina Afton is the It Girl Anna’s best friend, but after Anna’s boyfriend assaults Regina at a party the truth of what happened gets twisted beyond recognition and Regina is ousted from the clique. It was kind of like “if this is a solution why wasn’t it just solved earlier?”. I guess if a book upsets me this much it’s really worthy of five stars, but there were a few things that bothered me about it, like the ending wrapping up a bit too neatly/quickly. By which I mean the plot, not the writing, obviously.

It took me a few days to even land on a star rating, as at first I thought I couldn’t possibly think of this in terms of stars, it was just too horrible. They will downright ruin people’s lives, drive them into depression or even towards suicide. These girls do truly horrible things to each other because of their own insecurities, and the need to become/stay popular. Except it’s not funny, and nobody is hit by a bus*. Actually, scratch that, this is exactly Mean Girls. This definitely isn't a typical chick-flick book, it's packed with emotion and intensity and literally kept me turning the pages until the very end.Just because this is a book about high school girl cliques and one of the girls is called Regina, don’t make the mistake of thinking this is Mean Girls. Who locks a girl (even if you HATE her) in a room with a guy who tried to rape her? I was practically crying but the end of the novel, I felt so bad for Regina. I HATED Anna, Kara, Josh, Bruce and Donnie, but especially Kara. more guts, but it was nice to see what it's like on the other side, what actually goes on in mean girls' heads.

If I had known Regina in a real life I would have definitely hated her. It reminded me a lot of Mean Girls, but a lot more raw and violent, which worked really well. Review 2: Freaking loved this book- would honestly recommend it to anyone. I would recommend this book to both adults and teenagers - for parents, it definitely should be a vehicle for a conversation with your teens about bullying. With the amount of injuries, you would think that an adult would stand up and take notice. I do feel, that is often times in young adult books, that the author makes the parents and the teachers oblivious. The author does an excellent job crafting the main character Regina, so that you cannot help but go on her journey with her. Review 1: Intense book about bullying and abuse.

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers