Thursday, January 12, 2017

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

The Female of the Species was a pretty intense novel and I really enjoyed it.  Alex Craft is a high school girl whose sister was brutally murdered three years ago.  While the killer walked free from the law, he couldn't walk free from the dark passenger that lives inside of Alex. 

Since that time, Alex has only kept to herself, her path in life taking her from home to school, then back home again.  That is until Peekay and Jack crack that hard exterior.  These two put her on a path that may lead her away from her darkness, but can she every really escape it? 

As a reader we will face the question, "Is violence ever the answer to conflict?"  And through the strong and tough character of Alex Craft, we will have to really think about our answer.  It is  intense and tragic and heartbreaking, but it is a story worth telling. 

From Amazon:

School Libray Journal Best of 2016 * 2017 Tayshas List Selection * Junior Library Guild Selection * The Globe and Mail Best Books of 2016 * Bustle’s Best Young Adult Books of 2016 * Mashable’s 8 Best YA Books of 2016 * Seventeen's 10 Best YA Books of 2016

Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a dark and riveting contemporary YA novel that blends the unflinching honesty of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak with the relentless pacing and alternating perspectives of Gone Girl. A stunning, unforgettable page-turner.

Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it.

Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best—the language of violence. While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can’t be trusted among other people. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna’s body was discovered. And not with Peekay, the preacher’s kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. Not anyone.

As their senior year unfolds, Alex’s darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever.

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