It has been such a dream to work with Wednesday Books for the Foul is Fair Blog Tour! I'm sending so many hugs to them for asking me to be a part of this tour and providing me with an ARC of this fabulous book! In this blog post you will get my review, an original picture I took for Instagram, and an excerpt that will instantly hook you and and haunt you until you buy Foul is Fair. ENJOY! ReviewWhere do I even begin? Let's start with five deliciously bloody stars given to Hannah Capin's thrilling revenge fantasy novel, Foul is Fair! My English major soul fainted when I found out this book is a modern retelling of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth. Every sentence in Foul is Fair stole the breath from lungs. I could feel power radiating off Hannah Capin's words as she crafted a story for every girl who ever wanted revenge. This book is written for the girls who have had enough. Golden boys beware: something wicked this way comes. Jade and her friends Jenny, Mads, and Summer rule their glittering LA circle. Untouchable, they have the kind of power other girls only dream of. Every party is theirs and the world is at their feet. Until the night of Jade's sweet sixteen, when they crash a St. Andrew’s Prep party. The night the golden boys choose Jade as their next target. They picked the wrong girl. Sworn to vengeance after what they did to her, Jade transfers to St. Andrew’s Prep. She plots to destroy each boy, one by one. She'll take their power, their lives, and their control of the prep school's hierarchy. And she and her coven have the perfect way in: a boy named Mack, whose ambition could turn deadly. Foul is Fair has prose so whimsical and manic I could feel the blood boil deep within my veins with rage from short sentences that felt like Jade stabbed a shiny knife in my heart. Or perhaps I should say she used a defibrillator because I've never felt more alive when reading a book. It was invigorating and made me feel a little less alone. Hannah Capin makes evil thoughts look breathtakingly beautiful. After Jade is drugged and raped on her sixteenth birthday at the St. Andrew's Prep party, she becomes something more as she says, "I'm the huntress and she's the kill and she knows it now, too late to do anything...."Avenger"....I am exactly the wrong way to be a victim." Jade develops an alternate personality: one that seeks vengeance of the murderous kind. "You picked the wrong girl." Readers watch as Jade morphs into this beautifully powerful and manipulative creature and they will love her for it. Her coven consists of Summer, Mads, and Jenny and they are right by Jade's side aiding her revenge plots. I love them even more as she describes them: "My beautiful coven. My flock, but instead of starlings they're falcons with wings that turn the whole sky dark." Jade instantly forgives them for leaving her alone at the St. Andrew's party because she needs their help even when she says she doesn't need anybody. I love her coven even more for being Jade's accomplices. I even wanted to be a part of her coven, standing side-by-side with her, fighting for every girl taken advantage of and left feeling powerless by boys who think they're kings and can get away with anything. The courageous way Jade faces the people who sought to ruin her, body and soul, is refreshing. She had enough courage to stand up for the old Jade and all the girls like her by getting close to her enemies and forcing their kingdom to crumble from the inside. I especially love when Jade says, "It's a ruined kingdom that we rule but I wouldn't have it any other way." As a side note, I HAVE to tell you that the theme song for Foul is Fair is "Royals" by Lorde. I'm over here jamming to this song as I write this review and imagining a St. Andrew's prep music video featuring Jade standing under the Virgin Mary statue in the front hall surrounded by the flock-girls and glaring at all the people she's about to destroy. Capin did a wonderful job making me feel shocked the entire book. At one point I was jittery, rubbing my hands together smiling over Jade's murderous rage but towards the middle of the book I was incredibly nervous and hoping she would stop this vendetta because it had gotten so far out of control. However, Capin is always there to remind you that Duncan, Duffy, Banks, Malcolm, Connor, and Piper had no remorse for what they did to Jade, what they did to other girls before her, and the outcome of this tragic tale was inevitable but I would be a fool to reveal it to you now. You'll just have to go read it for yourself! There's a lesson delicately wrapped up for us on a silver platter in Foul is Fair. Hannah Capin really focuses on the people who know enough of what is going on but do nothing to stop it. Seeing something bad happen right before your eyes and choosing to let it happen is the true evil in this story. Our choices to not help a girl who has been given a date rape drug, or someone being harassed on public transportation, it's negligent and it will lead to our downfall. I'm going to let you in on a secret: I am extremely afraid of "innocent" bystanders. Those people that see bad things happen and do absolutely nothing. This immense fear takes over me even if I'm safe and cozy in my home, snuggled up with a book. A lot of bad things happen to good people and it's statistically proven that no one is going to lift a finger to help them. The thought terrifies me. And it should terrify you, too. Blurbs"Fierce, vicious, and electric. If books had teeth, Foul Is Fair would have fangs. Capin's language glitters dark and her writing cuts deep. Revenge is a dish best served by this deliciously unapologetic coven." - Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of Firsts and Last Girl Lied To "Capin’s writing will seduce you with its beauty and then, when you least suspect it, slice you to the bone—just like Foul is Fair’s captivating, vicious, entirely unforgettable heroine, Jade." - Layne Fargo, author of Temper and co-host of Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast “Vicious and beautifully brutal, Foul is Fair gives a sword to every girl who has ever been a victim and makes them a warrior. This book is pulls no punches and will make anyone think twice before uttering the phrase ‘just a girl’. 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. Hannah Capin deftly combines stunningly lyrical prose with the raw power of engulfing fury, sending a message written in blood. In a world where too many are forced into silence, this book roars back." - S. Gonzales, author of The Law of Inertia and Only Mostly Devastated Read an ExcerptOrder a Copy Today!Here is the link to purchase: https://wednesdaybooks.com/the-real-deal/foul-is-fair/ About the AuthorHANNAH CAPIN is the author of Foul is Fair and The Dead Queens Club, a feminist retelling of the wives of Henry VIII. When she isn’t writing, she can be found singing, sailing, or pulling marathon gossip sessions with her girl squad. She lives in Tidewater, Virginia. Follow Hannah Capin (@tldaaollf) on Instagram & Twitter.
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