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Book Review of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
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I really enjoyed this book. I went on an E. Lockhart kick after reading "We Were Liars" (AMAZING) and i really enjoy her writing. Like most of her books, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is written in first character and the narrator in quite clever. You immediately connect with her because she says very little out loud to others but in her mind she is quick witted, emotional, irrational, self-deprecating, temperamental, smart, insecure, clever. I love the dichotomy between what she says to her friends, boyfriend, parents, and what she's actually thinking. The book takes place at a boarding school rich with a history of secret societies and boy clubs. Not one to be left out or told no, Frankie decides to infiltrate the most famous of all-male secret societies and take charge. It's a great read.