"Tonight they used words they know, words that don't bother people anymore. They said bitch. They told another girl they would put dicks in her mouth. No one protested because this is our language now." 
 The cover to this book is deceitful. I remember seeing this book at my local library & putting it back down, because I didn't think it would be something I would be interested in.... 
 I WAS WRONG. 
 I decided about 2 weeks later to check the ebook out through the library, and let's just say, it was the best decision I have made. 
 This book has become one of my (unexpected) favorites of 2017 & it is a totally different book than I had initially expected. 
 It has also made me want to read more books exactly like this, or at least books with similar themes. 
 I have read books before that have touched very lightly on the topics discussed in this book, but no book I've read has been this raw & open with the subject(s) of rape, rape culture, sexism, feminism, etc. 
 I truly believe this book is a necessary read 
 The characters feel real. 
 For example, we have Alex Craft, the badass female MC. Her sister, Anna was murdered, dismembered, and buried in the woods by their house. The guy who murdered Anna was released, facing no consequences of his actions, sooo Alex takes matters into her own hands, kills her sister's murderer, and gets away with it! 
 "What makes her so badass?" you ask? 
 She's just a really chill girl! Even though she has legit murdered someone, she's actually really nice! She just serves justice when/where justice wasn't served like it should have been. She's nice towards girls that, typically in YA books, MC's would be complete bitches towards, she sees the good in everybody, she's always telling Peekay positive things.. She's just great & I wish she was my BFF. 
 Peekay, or as Alex likes to call her, Claire! "Preacher's Kid" is another MC in our book & she befriends Alex by working with her at the animal shelter. Peekay's story plays a very important part in the book and is basically the whole basis of the book. She gets dumped by Adam for popular-girl, Branley (who is really obsessed with Jack Fisher), and this also plays an important part in the basis of the book. 
 Jack Fisher, Alex's boiifrannd & Branley's obsessee. He falls for Alex, even though they seem like total opposites, and it's never really made clear why, but it makes for a good love story There were times where I hated Jack & wanted to punch him in the face and due to the end-ish of the book, I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about him. I think there were a lot of scenarios in the book that made him look like a total jackass, i.e.:::::: 
 "I slow down so I don't hit them, but I stop because I see that the person is unnmistakably female. I would have stopped anyway-just to be clear- but there's more of an incentive when the rain has plastered her already tight clothing to a very fit body." 
 But then, he kind of salvages the dick moment by helping & surprising Alex in getting her car home... the jury is still out on his character... 
 This book is full of quotes that I believe accurately express how we, as a culture, handle situations similar to those in the book. You should be able to view the full list of these quotes here, on Goodreads, or also here on tumblr1 tumblr2 or wordpress (the tumblr links are for the quotes separately & the wordpress has them complied :) ) 
 I highly recommend this book to any & every one, especially those interested in controversial topics & real-life problems/situations that we face, or women-power (woo-hoo!) 
 That ending, though........ 
 It's a dark read, but it sheds light on things that we need to bring to light. It sheds light on topics we need to openly talk about & make everyone aware of. 
 Also, I encourage you, if you've ever been in a situation, or feel as though you are/have been in a situation where you're conflicted with reaching out or reporting someone for doing something that has made you uncomfortable, please do yourself (and potentially other potential victims) a favor and REPORT IT!!!!