aislinghelen 's review for:

Cruel Summer by Morgan Elizabeth
3.25

I really enjoyed it, for the most part. I loved Zach. I loved the antics that Cami and her friends got into. I loved seeing Damien and Abbie again.

There was a lot of the early 2000s influence, which I love, Mean Girls etc. But it also had the early 2000s internalised misogyny at parts. The means girls were called the “B*tch Pack”, and all of them except the leader were basically too stupid to function. That’s not even an exaggeration, I am paraphrasing the book. There is also an evil mother, evil step sister and yet somehow the grandpa who knew they were evil is good, and so is the potential step father. This wasn’t intentional I don’t think, but it was a stand out part of the story.