I’ve only read one in this series so far, but it was one of my favorites last year. This one was pretty intense as well. While I wasn’t a fan of when Caroline was smoking, even if I get why she was doing it, the rest of her life and rebellion made sense for the most part. Although I think maybe I need to go read another one or two in the series to catch up on a few things that were mentioned and alluded to in this but weren’t spelled out since it was Caroline’s story and not her sister or brother’s stories. A lot of the adults were not reliable, as it has been in the other books, they can’t be trusted to do what is best for the teens, as is what the main characters are. Not that I would recommend this for my high school students.

I like how there was a bit of a time jump at one point in the story that was a little unexpected, but the way it played out was definitely interesting. But reminded me of another story I’ve read in the past year or so. The girl Caroline made friends with I did really like, and then there was the girl who was the mean girl, Mercedes, and boy, wow, did I NOT like her. It’s crazy to think about how all the Lancasters had their own dorm to live in, meaning when Caroline was there, because she was the only Lancaster at the time, she lived in a building alone. That would be creepy I would think. But it worked out for the most part. Although I’m also surprised it didn’t require a pass code all day long, that it would just be unlocked, letting certain things happen later in the story.

Another intense, deep story in the Lancaster Prep series.