I needed something a bit more fun and a novel by an author that I have enjoyed in the past so I picked this novel. Cunningham and one of her brothers attended a boarding school instead of public school and Hilderbrand was fascinated by the culture surrounding these settings, so together, they decided to write this book. The book follows students and their teachers at fictional Tiffin Academy, a school in Western Massachusetts and begins on move in day when the community finds that their ranking has jumped approximately 17 spots to number 2 on the rankings list. And to make matters more dramatic, there's a new app that outs people's secrets, which is in addition to the normal drama at any school.
There is a lot going on in this book - there are a lot of characters with a lot of backstory and I had to remind myself to be patient and let the authors pull everything together. It's a typical Hilderbrand book in that it shifts between perspectives, sometimes very, very quickly (which I don't mind at all since it keeps things interesting). I felt that I was there in the setting with the characters experiencing what they were experiencing as they experienced it and the book itself is very, very fast paced so it moved. I finished it very quickly. I loved that it felt like a Hilderbrand book as I'm generally a fan of hers.
There is one major thing that I was not a fan of: there is one story line that was begun and wasn't resolved. I think that this is a two book series so I'm truly hoping that the next book reveals it because I'll be super upset if it isn't.
Generally solid.
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