Secret Society
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4.8 • 5 Ratings
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- $3.99
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Publisher Description
Secrets, secrets are no fun. Secrets, secrets hurt someone. . . .
An eccentric new girl. A brooding socialite. The scion of one of New York's wealthiest families. A promising filmmaker. As students at the exclusive Chadwick School, Phoebe, Lauren, Nick, and Patch already live in a world most teenagers only dream about.
They didn't ask to be Society members. But when three of them receive a mysterious text message promising success and fame beyond belief, they say yes to everything—even to the harrowing initiation ceremony in a gritty warehouse downtown and to the ankh-shaped tattoo they're forced to get on the nape of their necks. Once they're part of the Society, things begin falling into place for them. Week after week, their ambitions are fulfilled. It's all perfect—until a body is found in Central Park with no distinguishing marks except for an ankh-shaped tattoo.
Tom Dolby makes his teen fiction debut with this riveting novel about a dangerous society so secret that once you get in, you can never get out.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
There's plenty of pomp, snootiness and closely guarded secrets to go around in this first book in a planned series, Dolby's foray into YA writing. A group of 15 teens plucked from the cream of New York's Nat Sherman smoking, Marc Jacobs bag-toting prep school elite are given VIP passes to a glamorous underground world. Exclusive all-night parties in undisclosed locations are the norm, bottomless alcoholic beverages are supplied and unquestioning loyalty is expected. Following three chosen ones fledgling club promoter Nick, wannabe artist Phoebe and jewelry designer/fashionista Lauren as well as outsider Patch, the foreboding story has the feel of a hazing about to go awry, especially when the three slowly realize that the Society and its "benefits" aren't what they seem (confirming what readers will suspect all along). While the somewhat interchangeable characters teeter into archetypal/stereotypical territory, readers are likely to be too caught up in the suspense to notice. Dolby covered similar ground private school upbringings, influence peddling and the deceptive merits of the nouveau riche lifestyle in his second novel for adults, The Sixth Form, but who's complaining if the formula works? Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Loved it
Loved it. Couldn't stop reading until the end. Wish there was a sequel