Name: The Society for Soulless Girls
ISBN: 9781405296939

L. K. Steven

A dark and funny YA thriller with a supernatural twist. From the winner of the Comedy Women in Print Prize

The Society for Soulless Girls

Maayan Fridman

Friends were like Pokémon cards, right? I could just keep collecting them until one was a shiny Charizard?

Julia Krauß

You’re nervous because you care. That’s a good thing

I liked most everything about the plot of this book, but the uneven pacing and lack of character depth really let me down. Like there are endless descriptions of Lottie’s sunny disposition and Alice’s gloomy one, but we don’t learn what the title means until 80% of the way through the book! And we never see the entire society together until the final scenes?!

I enjoyed the dark academia setting and the sapphic moments. But I didn’t like how the author handled the SA trauma of the characters. And while I saw how the themes of women’s rage were intended to bolster the Jekyll/Hyde adaptation, it felt like the Secret Society of Misogynists somehow undermined that.

Also how is this already the second book I’ve read this year where a woman kills a cat with her bare hands?!

Amelia

I liked most everything about the plot of this book, but the uneven pacing and lack of character depth really let me down. Like there are endless descriptions of Lottie’s sunny disposition and Alice’s gloomy one, but we don’t learn what the title means until 80% of the way through the book! And we never see the entire society together until the final scenes?!

I enjoyed the dark academia setting and the sapphic moments. But I didn’t like how the author handled the SA trauma of the characters. And while I saw how the themes of women’s rage were intended to bolster the Jekyll/Hyde adaptation, it felt like the Secret Society of Misogynists somehow undermined that.

Also how is this already the second book I’ve read this year where a woman kills a cat with her bare hands?!

I really loved the concept and ideas behind this book but not so much the execution. It is just another one let down by the general atmosphere in spite of having a good cast, a creepy premise that it is not afraid to commit to and stronger themes (which in this case are female rage and misogyny and power imbalance) - the novel just never seems to reach its full potential. Regardless, it is one of the more interesting and realised YA novels published recently.

grace richards

shout out to wetherby service station for being the best service station out there

The Society for Soulless Girls

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