A 4.5, but I'm rounding up because I just don't think that a 4 star rating would do it justice. This is a story about revenge, betrayal, and what happens when you pick the wrong girl to mess with and stand by and let bad things happen. This book has no cut cards. From the moment you meet the main players, Jade and her coven, you know they're here to take no prisoners, no mercy, and all the chances. Honestly, the witches in Macbeth WISH they had the power that these girls have. Are they unhinged? Maybe, but it's only a bad thing when it comes to the golden boys of Saint Andrews. They've all made the girls' kill list after they assault Jade on the night of her 16th birthday. She tried to tell them that they picked the wrong girl, but they didn't believe her. They should have.

So when I say this was intense, I'm not joking. From the moment you turn the first page, there's no doubt that this is going to be a dark ride. The story itself reads between a mix of a novel and a play. The scenes/chapters are short for the most part, flowing together and yet choppy at the same time. It keeps you engaged though because while each chapter is a continuation of the next, each chapter also seems to stand on it's own in the story. The thing is, you can guess how it ends. There's only one way for it to end really, but reading this isn't about discovering the ending, it's about the journey. You literally watch as everything comes together and falls apart at the same time. You watch as Jade and her friends wreck St. Andrews from the inside out and the entire time you can't help but wonder how the hell no one has figured this out yet. How the hell are all these people manipulated so easily and how in the world is it that these sort of people exist. What drives these girls? How did they get here? Who are their parents that they've turned out this way, dishing out their own brand of justice because they know that no one else will do it. What's even crazier is the fact that the event's don't happen over months, but 2 weeks. In 2 weeks one decision turns the lives of everyone involved upside down and yet you can't help but feel like they all deserve whatever is coming for them, including Jade herself.

This book has trans-rep, sapphic unrequited love, revenge, and vigilantes taking justice into their own hands. It also deals with rape, sexual assault, abusive relationships, consent, bystander effect, suicide attempts, murder, drugs. Name it and it seems to be in this book. While it's definitely intense and can definitely be triggering, I think that the author does a great job of handling the topics well. She's just as unapologetic as her characters and I think it's important to know that going in. It's a brutal story to tell, but it's one that needs to be told. Let me be clear that there are no happy endings here, not for anyone, but there is a sense of vindication in the end.