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Payback is paradise in this start to a trilogy from New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before (soon to be a major motion picture!), Jenny Han, and New York Times bestselling author of The List , Siobhan Vivian.
Postcard-perfect Jar Island is home to charming tourist shops, pristine beaches, amazing oceanfront homes--and three girls secretly plotting revenge.
KAT is sick and tired of being bullied by her former best friend.
LILLIA has always looked out for her little sister, so when she discovers that one of her guy friends has been secretly hooking up with her, she's going to put a stop to it.
MARY is perpetually haunted by a traumatic event from years past, and the boy who's responsible has yet to get what's coming to him.
None of the girls can act on their revenge fantasies alone without being suspected. But together...anything is possible.
With an unlikely alliance in place, there will be no more "I wish I'd said..." or "If I could go back and do things differently..." These girls will show Jar Island that revenge is a dish best enjoyed together.
Author Notes
Jenny Han was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned an MFA in writing for children at New School University. She lives in New York City.
Jenny's books include The Summer I Turned Pretty Series, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Shug, and Clara Lee and The Apple Pie Dream. She's also the co-author of Burn for Burn and Fire with Fire with Siobhan Vivian. She made The New York Times Best Seller List with her title P. S. I Still Love You.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7 Up-Popular cheerleader Lillia, traumatized Mary, and bad girl Kat make an alliance to get revenge on two bullies and a guy they think took advantage of Lillia's younger sister. The novel (S & S, 2012) takes place on small Jar Island, and the conspirators skulk around to keep their plan secret. The antagonists are at three-dimensional characters. Rennie, head cheerleader, is a bully and a snob, and is infatuated with the quarterback who isn't interested her. Alex is in love with Lillia, but she sees him as a friend. Reeve traumatized Mary years before. He's intriguing but a cipher. The protagonists are as difficult to like as the antagonists. Mary turns out to have supernatural powers, which seems tacked on to the plot. Lillia is duplicitous throughout as the victims are her friends only days before the conspiracy is hatched. Remorse seems scarce even when they learn that their first victim was innocent. Leaving room for a sequel, plot threads dangle at the abrupt ending. The three narrators-Madeleine Maby, Joy Osmanski, and Rebekkah Ross-ably voice the revenge seekers. They all sound believable and have just the right amount of angst and drama for the girls they're representing. Production values are fine, though Mary's segments are a bit tinny. For fans of "Gossip Girls" and books about mean girls behaving badly.-C.A Fehmel, St. Louis County Library, MO (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Set on fictional Jar Island, this first collaboration between Han (We'll Always Have Summer) and Vivian (The List) follows three teenage girls bonded by a chilling quest for revenge. Popular Lillia is angry with her friend Alex, who spent the night with her 14-year-old sister after a party; tough girl Kat wants to sting her former friend Rennie, who has been spreading lies about her for years; and Mary, newly back on the island, is obsessed with the school quarterback, who humiliated her five years ago. Although they aren't friends, the girls promise to work together in all three acts of revenge. Each girl narrates, flashing back to memories of betrayal and describing their pranks, which escalate from distributing Alex's private writing to drugging another target. First in a planned trilogy, this fast-moving book offers an atmospheric setting and enough drama to captivate readers as they decide whether revenge is ever justified. The authors leave many unanswered questions, including the nature of a supernatural subplot that distracts somewhat from the book's focus on retribution, guilt, and status. Ages 14-up. Agent: Emily Van Beek, Folio Literary Management. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Revenge fantasies run riot (and disappointingly off the rails) in a new series from usually reliable experts Han and Vivian. It's the end of summer before senior year of high school in Jar Island's resort towns, and change is in the air. After being victimized by people they thought they could trust, popular Lillia, outcast Kat and apparent new girl Mary make a revenge pact. Lillia, consumed with guilt and shame after being date raped, is hellbent on protecting her sheltered younger sister Nadia from the advances of fellow-senior Alex. Kat can't wait to put the screws to Rennie, who shut her out of their friendship with Lillia freshman year and has been spreading nasty rumors about Kat ever since. Newly svelte Mary grew up on Jar Island but has been living off-island for the last four years, recovering from the crushing bullying visited upon her by star quarterback Reeve. Each humiliating act of vengeance goes exactly as planned, but the consequences are far more devastating than the girls imagined, culminating in a near-tragedy that leaves them deeply shaken. Unfortunately, all this delicious bitchiness devolves into nihilistic nonsense by the last chapter, hampered by a late-developing supernatural twist and a final sentence that wouldn't be out of place in the film Chinatown. Readers will feel narratively whiplashed. (Fiction. 15-18)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Oh, sweet, sweet revenge. It's what three high-school girls Lillia, Kat, and Mary are after. Lillia wants to take down Alex, who is rumored to be hooking up with her little sister; Kat has her sights set on Rennie, an uberpopular mean girl; and Mary, tormented by Reeve as an overweight 12-year-old, hopes karma is a real bitch. At first the revenge plots seem lackluster (Alex's sunscreen is swapped for Retin-A), but the acts heat up as Rennie and Reeve get their turns in the hot seat. With the exception of Alex, the cast is fairly unlikable, which may make it difficult for readers to care who comes out on top. Told from the girls' alternating viewpoints, Han and Vivian's novel reads like standard contemporary fare, so when hints of the supernatural are subtly introduced, the elements feel out of place, and the title comes to an abrupt end: I just hope we get away with it. Perhaps all will come together in the next entry in the series, and fans of the Pretty Little Liars series will likely overlook any plot missteps and eat this up.--Kelley, Ann Copyright 2010 Booklist