Dare Me

Dare Me (2012) by Megan Abbott. This is a novel about high-school cheerleaders, and the drama tends to be very school-girlish. Addy Hanlon is the book's narrator and the pivot around which the action revolves. Addy becomes immediately attached to the new cheer leading coach, Collette French, which does not sit too well with Addy's best friend Beth, who is abruptly demoted from cheerleader captain by the new coach. It's hard to write about this book because I never could get very interested in it. Suffice it to say that there is a suicide (or is it murder?) involved and Addy, Beth and Coach all get pulled into the vortex of the police investigation. I found Abbott's powers of description to be lacking, and I found this book to be disappointing. Grade: B-