As of this juncture, I am pretty sure I will love anything Diana Peterfreund writes. Seriously, my life was totally missing something without Secret Society Girl, the first of Diana Peterfreund’s Ivy League series. GUYS! There is college! Secret societies! Feminism! A spirited, smart mouthed main character! This is THE book for me, I can’t even articulate my love.
Secret Society Girl
At prestigious Eli College (a fictional Ivy), campus is dotted with secret societies. Getting in pads your resume and introduces you to a super wide network, so it’s kind of a big deal to join one of these Secret Societies. The most elite of these societies is Rose And Grave who decide to tap junior Amy Haskel for unknown reasons. Amy as well as a few other women are the first females to ever be tapped for Rose And Grave. Controversy ensues and it’s up to Amy and her pledge class to find a solution.
Y’all, I cannot. Amy’s my ideal character and it’s super hard for me to describe without dancing from foot to foot to hereby confess my love for her. She is brainy with a smart mouth. She doesn’t let anyone walk all over her. She gets some action! Amy has a strong friendship with her roommate Lydia and doesn’t drop the relationship for whatever else comes along, I admire that.
I am also glad that Diana Peterfreund tackles friends with benefits in Secret Society Girl. Hasn’t everyone had one of those? Yet I don’t read about them often. Diana Peterfreund’s portrayal of when things get awkward and when one person wants to take it to relationship status reads as very accurate and authentic. Although, to be perfectly honest, I was hoping that Amy would hook up with another character.
After finishing Secret Society Girl, when I got home, I rushed out and bought the kindle version of the next book, Under The Rose. Y’all, I am so pumped up to read the hell out of this series. Yes, it’s a little older, but if you want New Adult that’s kind of light, CHECK THIS BOOK OUT. It’s utterly superb and deserves way more readers.
Disclosure: Borrowed from local library.
Other reviews of Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund:
The Crooked Shelf – “The best part of the book? GIRL POWER”
The Book Smugglers – “impossible to put down once started”
Kate’s Tales Of Books And Bands – “I guarantee you will not be disappointed”
I am definitely going to need to get a copy of this book. I LOVED For Darkness Shows the Stars and I also love new adult and secret societies, so Secret Society Girl sounds right up my alley.
Great review, April.
Then I am 100% sure you will love this. It’s super compelling, well-written, kind of swoony and the main character, Amy is 100% awesome.
I herby confess this book is THE FUCKING BOMB. holla! muchly excited to see this review because yes! feminism! smashing the patriarchy! being basically so awesome it hurts! YAY!
FUCKING YES IT IS.
Carla, I cannot even explain all of my love for this book and my excitement that I have 3 more to read in this series. YAY YAY YAY for things to actually look forward to!
A couple of my former students have been telling me to read this book for a couple years now. They LOVE it. I’m pretty sure this is the book they read every year before their annual dual-family spring break trip. I’m going to let them know about this review b/c they’ll love it!
I think that’s really cool that they read it before spring breaks.
Also? Their recommendation is totally legit. Secret Society Girl is SOOOOO good.
Sounds pretty awesome! Thanx for the review! Happy Friday!
Indeed it is quite awesome!
Fantastic! I’ve wondered how these were. I’m not a huge fan of spoiled rich kid stories usually, but I hoped Diana would do something more awesome than Prep or Gossip Girl. Glad to know SHE DOES.
Oh, she absolutely 100 percent does. I think you’d like this one, Christina!
You had me at “college.” I love reading about characters at post-secondary institutions. Add in secret societies and feminism, and I am so there!
Right? College and feminism and secret societies are like magical attraction words.
Awesome review for an awesome series!! Love hearing that other readers love this series just as much as I do!! I read them every year, and still crack up at Amy!!
I think it’s so cool that you read these books every year. They are so good, I could definitely see myself doing the same if my TBR wasn’t so insanely out of control.
LOVE new adult lit! And secret societies. There’s so many ways you can take them and they’re always controversial. Great review and looking forward to reading this series!
Candice, I think you would love Secret Society Girl. Seriously Peterfreund takes the secret society in such a cool direction. I love it!
I’m suddenly seeing this series EVERYWHERE and I must read it. Everyone, you included, makes it sound excellent!
I wonder if this series is starting to gain traction because of For Darkness Shows The Stars. I know I read it because I loved FDSTS and wanted more of Peterfreund’s writing. I hope it does see a resurgence of popularity. You should definitely read it!
You’ve convinced me!
VICTORY!
I have never heard about this series but it sounds pretty awesome I’m going to try to check this one out!
I’m glad you loved it.
I love bringing books to people’s awareness. This series is SO good too!
Hmm, I hadn’t even heard of these. On the list now!
YAY! I am so pumped to hear that!
Ahh! I must get to this sooner. Angie lent it to me months ago. Thanks for the review.
Ooo now you HAVE to read it, seriously Angie-approved books are the best.
Oooo I love Diana’s books but I haven’t read these yet…I must! This sounds awesome and very much like something I will love. Great review, April!
Her books are so wonderful. I loved her latest and I loved her Killer Unicorn books,so the Ivy League series was the natural next step for reading and so far it did not disappoint.
My friend Katelyn recommended this one to me but I have yet to check it out. I think I should do that because it sounds so good!
Katelyn’s recommendation is TOTALLY legit, seriously you need to read this book!
I seriously love this series!!!! I am so obsessed!! It’s really good. I’ve read them all except, “Tap and Gown.” I’m so glad that other people love it too!
I am so pumped to continue this series. Literally, I can’t wait to get a little bit of time to dive into the next book.
Yep, this is definitely going on my TBR list. I’m so excited to hear about more and more books set in college and this one sounds PERFECT.
You are in for a treat, ahhhh. Can’t wait to see what you think!