Title: This Is War
Author: Lisa and Laura Roecker
Published: July 2nd, 2013
Source: E-galley from the publisher
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My Rating: 3 out
of 5 stars
Goodreads Summary:
This
is W.A.R. begins
with a victim who can no longer speak for herself, and whose murder blossoms
into a call-to-arms. Enter four very different girls, four very different
motives to avenge Willa Ames-Rowan, and only one rule to start: Destroy James
Gregory and his family at any cost. Willa's initials spell the secret rallying
cry that spurs the foursome to pool their considerable resources and deliver
their particular brand of vigilante justice. Innocence is lost, battles are
won—and the pursuit of the truth ultimately threatens to destroy them all.
My Thoughts:
I had no
expectations going into This is War and I hadn't read any of the sister duo's
books before, when reading this book I couldn't help but think of gossip girl
and it also reminded me a bit of The Innocents By: Lili Peloquin. Full of drama
and rich kids it definitely had the makings of a scandalous read but, it left me feeling disappointed.
Willa
Ames-Rowan is dead, she was the glue of her friends and a girl that everyone
loved but, what really happened isn't getting pushed under the rug, James
Gregory is the reason she is dead and Willa's sister and best friends are not
going to let her death go unpunished. The Gregory family owns their little
beach town and the club that they belong to and they have managed to pay off
everyone they needed to, to keep Willa's death a secret. Madge, Willa's sister
was the ringleader of their whole plan
W.A.R. , the book is told through each of the girl's perspectives, we learn
what happened that fateful 4th of July
weekend and also how each girl felt about Willa. I normally don't mind multiple
perspectives and I usually really enjoy seeing each different side of a story
but, for me the four perspectives was
just too much. I would get confused over which girl was which,
and it was hard to really get to know each character because there was so many
perspectives. My favorite character was Willa's sister Madge, she was so full
of feeling and I really loved watching her character come to terms with Willa's
death, I know that might sound weird to say but, her part of the book I felt
like I got to see her character the most out of the four girls, she was the one
who stuck in my mind once I finished the book
and she was definitely the strongest character out of all of them. Each
plan the girls created to take down the Gregory family was definitely creative
and intricate. I did admire the girls for all of the different ideas that they
came up with because I personally don't feel like I would have been able to
come up with anything at all.
Overall,
This is W.A.R. was just ok for me, if you love scandal and drama then this one
is definitely for you, full of love,
loss, and redemption, This is W.A.R. was not your average rich kid drama filled
story.
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I like the themes of loss and redemption, but not the fact that it was just an okay read for you.
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