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Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas
5.0

I had no idea what was happening but boy was this silly and fun. What an absolute PenDoug fever dream. It was like all her previous novels rolled into one. 

Did the urban legend subplot make sense? No. 

Did the whole Green Street gang politics make sense? No, not even by CSI Jacksonville ER SUV standards. 

Were teenagers just running rampant, truant as heck, committing crimes for no reason, getting tattooed underage? Of course.

Was there still an overwhelming amount of Nu Metal on the book playlist? Heck yes there was.

It was really heartwarming to see the characters in the Fall Away series grow up to be bad parents too. We've come full circle, y'all. Also NOAH FROM CREDENCE IS IN THIS BOOK?!?!? Someone mentioned maybe a character from MISCONDUCT is gonna get a book?!?!?! WHAAAAAA I am excite.

My only disappointment is that this was an age-appropriate somewhat vanillamance. No step uncles, step cousins, or boyfreind's dads here. My flabbers were not nearly as gasted as much as I expect from a Penenlope Douglas book.