BOOKS 
 Tease by Amanda Maciel | Book Review 
 December 18, 2015 
 Review 
 When I initially sat down to write this review, I struggled. I apologize right now if this review makes little to no sense, or says little to nothing about the actual book. I really didn't know to feel about Tease by Amanda Maciel. Was it a good book? Was it a bad book? would I read it again? Would I recommend it to someone else? After sitting down and thinking about it for a while it came to me. Tease wasn't a good book or a bad book, it was a difficult book about a difficult topic, bullying and it's aftermath. I did enjoy this book, but not in the way that you may be thinking. It is not my favourite book of all time, it did not give me All The Feelings. *side note* The feelings it did give me were ones of overwhelming rage and disappointment. I enjoyed Tease by Amanda Maciel because it was a necessary book. 
 Lets get one thing straight right off the bat. You are probably not going to like any of the characters in this book. Not a one of them. I mean when we first meet our main character she is in her lawyers office being questioned and she is more concerned with how 'hot' the intern is. Not those who did the bullying or even the girl who was bullied. They are all petty, and self-absorbed, and juvenile. But then again, that is the point. Bullying is petty, self-absorbed, and juvenile and it is a way of fitting in for some and attention-getting for others. The bullying in Tease was pretty severe as far as bullying goes. It was also over boys, and girls, and kids attempting to have relationships that they weren't ready for mentally or emotionally in the hopes of fitting in. I would like to say that that the bullying in Tease, while more severe, was the exception to the rule. Sadly, it's more common than any of us would like to think. 
 I really, really look forward to a time when books like Tease are no longer necessary or at the very least serve as a testament of bad behaviour long past. But sadly, with each bullied child that takes their own life or simply suffers in silence, we seem to need books like this more and more.