Rating 3.75 This book was enjoyable, it reminded me a lot of the show Gossip Girl which I absolutely love. You can definitely feel the drama, heartbreak and tension between all of the characters. Some characters I loved more than others and I definitely would roll my eyes during certain events. Reading this made me feel like I was back in high school. It’s so easy to become part of drama and gossip even when you think it might not hurt anyone. You truly feel like you're right beside these charac...

Yikes...this book was not great. To be fair, I didn't enjoy Tiny Pretty Things either, so maybe this style of writing just isn't for me. I'm okay with reading unlikable characters and girls with edge, but this was just cliche after cliche after cliche. I started skimming at 15% and dragged myself through the rest of the book. I don't feel like I missed much, even if I did flip ahead a few pages. I did appreciate that the characters represented several different cultures, but I could have lived w...

The Rumor Game by Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra is a young adult thriller novel that is set in an elite private school. The story in The Rumor Game is one that is told by changing the point of view between the characters to give all sides of the story.Foxham Prep is a private school located in Washington DC where the children of the area’s elite attend. Bryn used to be a queen of the school thanks to her best friend,, Cora, until a rumor brought her crashing down. This year Bryn is hopi...

4/5 stars, a really compelling and truthful novel about expectations and high school Thank you to the folks at Girls Life for the digital arc in exchange for an honest review! Initially, I had no idea that this book existed, but I was reached out to, I agreed to review this book and I was pleasantly surprised. I have not read anything by either of the authors I do not believe and so going into this I had no expectations. I think this greatly helped as this book was a bit different than I was exp...

This is giving me ACE OF SPADES vibes and I want it

If you go into The Rumor Game expecting a fast-paced, page-turning thriller, you're probably going to be disappointed. That said, I think this book does a fantastic job of examining the social pressures modern teenagers face with social media, online bullying, and the digital rumor mill. Featuring a diverse cast of characters, we get a fairly deep look at how these dynamics can play out not just in privileged white families, but also in conservative families of immigrants, in an African-American...

OMG - THIS - THIS IS WHY SOCIAL MEDIA IS HORRIBLE FOR TEENS.Bryn has a fall from grace when the break up with her boyfriend leads to her running him off the road in a rage.  Her best friend, Cora's boyfriend is in the car and is injured.  So now she has been reduced to the trashy white girl at her prestigious prep school.  Her next-door neighbor, Georgie is trying to start over after her parents send her to a fat camp. As Cora now takes Bryn's place at the top of the school hierarchy, Georgie an...

This is an all too real story of how rumors start, get out of control, and ruin people's lives. Everyone has a camera and your most embarrassing moments can be captured and posted for the world to watch again and again. Three girls get caught up in rumors, both about them and starting them and soon things spiral out of control and people are getting hurt. Who can they really trust and what is fact or fiction?The book is a mixed format, going from the three main characters' points of view to soci...

There is no synopsis included in this review... :) I enjoyed this book; it conveys an essential message about how rumors spread, how rumors change over time, how they go viral, and how they can ruin lives. This aspect of the book, I enjoyed immensely! I also enjoyed the running list of rumors, including those from earlier in the book that were continually included. I can see where the repetitiveness of the early parts of the list could be frustrating to some, but for someone who forgets very qui...

I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.The Rumor Game dives into the very realistic world of cyberbullying. Especially when it comes to high school kids. Whether it's a lie, the truth, or your every day king of rumor - things explode until the damage is done. So much happened throughout this book and each twist kept me on the edge of my seat. Even though it was realistic, I did think things were a bit predictable. I'm also not happy that the consequences for eve...

Not a bad book but solidified my decision to move away from YA. At a private school in the DC area, a group of teens cope with romances and rivalries, gossip and betrayal. All the drama, rivalries etc are played out on social media. A more diverse Gossip Girl.Read more of my reviews on JenRyland.com! Let's be friends on Bookstagram! Thanks to the publisher for providing an advance copy for review!

DNFI don't have a lot of time to read these days and i'd rather spend them reading a book I actually want to read. Best way I could describe this book is corny. The way the characters talk and act come across as trying too hard. I was a clown for thinking this would be similar to Ace of Spades. Also weirdly enough, the three main characters reminded me of the other three main characters from Tiny Pretty Things (this author duo's other book) which is so much better imo. Ps. First person pov shoul...

— Thank you to the publisher for providing an e-arc via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.the rumor game was vividly realistic to what gen z teens are put through in the era of the twenty-first century. the writing didn't exactly do it for me at times, but i always enjoy a good multi-perspective as we follow three girls who go to an elite prep school set in dc. the authors do well in showing depth to the characters insecurities and mental and physical health that they are go through wit...

3 StarsNote: I was provided with an ARC by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions here are my own.I'm not sure if I've read a book that I've felt less about. There wasn't anything here that excited me. There wasn't anything that hasn't been touched on before. There always wasn't anything that made this book particularly bad. For the right person, I'm sure this one will be a hit. For the average person, it won't make much of an impression.I do have some goo...

I made it to 50% and have decided to dnf this one. I really tried to get through but I found it absolutely boring. I felt like it was useless information from page to page. I made it this far and realized this was just useless to me. I didn’t like any or the characters I didn’t really care for the plot or the rich people vibes in this. I’m sorry that I’m having to dnf this book because I really wanted to like it and I give a 3 stars of the first half I read because I was interested just not enou...

The Rumor Game can best be described as a modern day Gossip Girl, only without the blogess to spill the tea. Utalizing Instagram posts complete with comments, email documents, new paper articles, and a sticky note rumor board set up by the antagonist we watch helplessly as the story unfolds. First, there's Bryn. Once popular and madly(literally) in love with her then-boyfriend, Jase she finds herself the pariah after causing a car crash that involved many students. Second, Cora; Bryn's former be...

Bryn was the queen of Foxham Prep with her best friend Cora, until her relationship went south at the same time that her family life took an unexpected turn. The desperation she experiences as a result leads to some bad choices and she is ostracized by her peers and former friends. The only person left listening to her is her neighbor Georgie, who has experienced a change herself this summer: from overweight outcast to the newly "hot girl" in the spotlight. Bryn decides to use Georgie's new stat...

It had a slow start but once I got into it I couldn't put it down. Rumors. They spread far and fast and become like a living being all on their own. For high school students it can be devastating. Georgie goes to fat camp over the summer and comes back to school a while new person. Georgie's neighbor is another high school girl. Once a member of the "it" crowd but no now an outcast, Bryn's life is falling apart. Both victims of rumors. Horrible rumors. From my perspective the authors could have

Booksplosion book of the month for March 2022. It took me so long to read this because I was in a bit of a book slump but once I started I absolutely could put it down! I read through more than half of it in one day. Loved the drama and the characters with their romantic interests. Fuck you Bryn. She’s the only character I didn’t like.

This is a phenomenal, disturbing book for today's teens (and their parents, like me). This book comes with many trigger warnings--and rightfully so--but tackles important issues that today's middle and high schoolers face in regard to the dark side of social media and cameras readily available, privilege, racial systems, incidences of fat shaming, and awareness of consent and sexual assault. I think the story carries even more weight as an audiobook, and I appreciate Disney Audiobooks and Netgal...