readingwithwrin's Review of Foul Is Fair

by Hannah Capin

'Fierce, ruthless and unputdownable' - Karen McManus, bestselling author of One Of Us Is Lying

I point at my hair, and I say, This color. You know what it's called?
She shakes her head: No.
I say, REVENGE.
She says Good girl. Kill him.

Revenge is a bitch.

Jade Khanjara and her three best friends rule their glittering LA circle. They control everything.
Until one night.

The night four boys spike Jade's drink, lock her in a room and attack her. When they try to ruin her.
But they chose the wrong girl.

Jade is made of claws and fangs and cruel sharp edges. Jade will have them clutching at their throats and choking on blood.

She wants revenge. She has no mercy. And now she won't rest until she gets satisfaction.

This is the thriller for fans of Killing Eve and One of Us is Lying. This isn't for the light hearted.

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Praise for Foul is Fair.

"Foul is Fair embedded itself into my heart. This is a book that I won't be forgetting anytime soon and it became an instant favourite." - Netgalley Reviewer, 5*

"It made me feel too much and made me grin ear to ear when revenge came for the golden boys." - Netgalley Reviewer, 5*

"It's one of those stories that invades your thoughts, that even when you're not reading keeps buzzing around your head." - Netgalley Reviewer, 5*

"An unapologetic feminist battle-cry that leaves you breathless and thirsting for vengeance." - Sonia Hartl, author of Have a Little Faith in Me

"Foul is Fair delivers the story of a girl who snatches control back from a world that stole it away, through whatever means necessary. - Sophie Gonzales, author of Only Mostly Devastated

"Fierce, vicious, and electric. If books had teeth, Foul Is Fair would have fangs." - Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of Last Girl Lied To

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What’s done cannot be undone.

Thank you to Wednesday Books for the e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

Warning book contains mentions of: sexual assault, rape, rape culture, gender-based violence.

Elle is dead and is now Jade. Jade is out for revenge after she attends a St. Andrews party and things go terribly wrong. Jades’ mission is to make those that hurt her pay for what they did in the only way she thinks justice can be served… To do this she has the help of her ‘coven’ (best friends), and a boy who is willing to help in order to make it to the top.

Overall I have mixed feelings about this book. I liked it at certain points in time, and then at other points in time I felt very uncomfortable. Well get to those things in a second but first I want to talk about the thing I did like. The way Jade was able to go into St. Andrews prep on her first day and immediately got in with the ‘it’ crowd was truly amazing to see unfold. The second thing I really liked was her ‘coven’ as they called themselves, the friendships in this group were truly unbreakable. The way they came up with things and made them happened so seamlessly at times was amazing and pure genius. Some of the people in this group should go and become spies or private investigators because they’ve got the skills for it.
Now onto some things that made me feel uncomfortable while reading this book. I knew that sexual assault and rape were going to be big focuses of this book, as well as revenge. One thing I was not expecting, however, was the level of manipulation that happened and how far it went. There were so many points in time throughout this book where I kept thinking and wondering how our main character Jade wasn’t getting caught or how her parents weren’t stepping in because they knew something was going on at multiple points in the book.

Do I still think this book is a fun revenge story? Yes, but I also think it isn’t for the faint of heart because of the rape, murders, and manipulation that happened in it. Will I read book two? Yes without a doubt because I need to know what Jade and her ‘coven’ get up to next!

This book is very dark and you can go to the author's website to learn more about that before you choose to read this book.

Foul Is Fair

by Hannah Capin

Reviewed by readingwithwrin on Feb 7, 2020

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