There are no spoilers in this review.
Clique Bait, Ann Valett
Publishing on April 28th, 2020 by HarperTeen.
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Chloe Whittaker is out for revenge. Last year her best friend Monica’s life was unceremoniously ruined by the most popular students at their high school, so this year Chloe plans to take each and every one of them down. She traded her jeans and T-shirts for the latest designer clothes, deleted everything on social media that would tie her to Monica (and blow her cover), and carefully devised a way to befriend the members of the popular clique. Now all that’s left to do is uncover their deepest, darkest secrets and reveal them to the world.
Chloe has the perfect plan…that is, until she begins to fall for one of the people she’s determined to destroy.
☂️ TRIGGER WARNINGS: click here to see them.
blackmail, drinking, ableist words used, throwing up, cheating, fatshaming, bullying, death, drowning, peer pressure, abusive relationship.
☂️ DIVERSITY: POC side characters, queer side character.
I ENJOYED…
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- Clique Bait gave me exactly what I was looking for and for that, I am glad. If you’re a little bit like me and trash for books filled with the rich and privileged and all the drama à la Gossip Girl, The Thousandth Floor, Pretty Little Liars, Clique Bait is a book that should be on your TBR.
- The story is carried by Chloe as she befriends “Level Ones“, the highest clique of rich, popular kids in order to get revenge on them for her best friend, Monica. I really, really enjoyed Chloe as a character, her drive and determination for her best friend and her loyalty. I also loved seeing her grow thorough the story, as she blends in with the Level Ones a little more.
- One of my favorite part of the story was the romance, a fake relationship turning into something more, slowly but surely. I loved William so, so much. Despite his tough exterior, I loved how we could see that he clearly started caring more and more about Chloe and the tension and chemistry between the two was arhhghh I loved it okay.
- Another thing I loved was how, slowly but surely, we got to peek a little deeper into the clique, discover the characters, their secrets, their own little dramas and insecurities. It felt like uncovering layers and layers of drama and, to be honest, reading Clique Bait felt like watching an episode of Gossip Girl or something and just, wanting more. With a simple writing and great dialogues, it was such an addictive kind of read, I wanted to read it all at once.
I HAD A HARD TIME WITH…
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- There were two little things preventing me from completely falling head over heels for this book:
- The predictability of it a little bit. There were twists and turns and some I didn’t see coming, some I kind of wanted to gasp about, but the biggest twist of it was something I kind of expected, so… I wasn’t that shocked. It’s personal though and didn’t take away any of my enjoyment. I just would have rated it higher if, like, I screamed at the big plot twist in a WHAT THE – manner.
- The ending. With no spoilers at all, I just feel like the book wrapped up a little too quickly, I would have liked to stay, like, one more chapter with the characters afterwards.
OVERALL
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If you’re looking for an addictive story about revenge, with drama, twists and turns and a romance you’ll root for, I can recommend Clique Bait. I couldn’t stop reading this book and will certainly be looking forward to reading more from Ann Valett next!
Final rating: 4 drops!
Thank you so, so much to HarperCollins International for the e-ARC of this book. This did not, in any way, influence my thoughts and rating.
Did you read Clique Bait? Do you want to?
Do you have any recommendations of books with ALL the drama?? Let me know in comments!
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I admit, I’m all for the drama. I loved the Gossip Girl series so this one sounds like it might work for me. I’m going to have to check this out!
Ahh yay! I hope you’ll enjoy it 🙂
thank you so much! <3
I can’t recall a YA with drama but these books has a good family drama- watching glass shatter and Clifton chronicle
OH thank you for the recommendations 🙂
Thanks for the review! I’ll definitely have to check it out. : )
Ahh you’re so welcome, I hope you will love it 🙂
Great review! I’m so excited for this release ??
Ahh thank you Marianna! I can’t wait for you to read it 🙂
Great review as always Marie! I rarely pick up books like Pretty Little Liars, but this one sounds promising. I mean, who doesn’t like a vengeance story and a hate-to-love romance?
Oh thank you so much! I hope you’ll give it a try and will love it! 😀
omg this looks right up my alley. I’m so excited to give this a read! Great review Marie xxx
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AHH yay! I hope you’ll pick it up, Melina, it was such a fun read <3
Thank you <3
I really liked hearing your thoughts about this book. I definitely love the sound of joining a group and having to act all the time then learning more about everything. It is definitely full of lots of drama !! And the romance sounds so fun too !! Great review Marie!! 🙂
Oh thank you Sophie! I hope you’ll give this one a try someday 😀
Nice reviewe, this book sounds great! <3
Have a nice day.
x Do
Ahh thank you so much! You too! 🙂
Great review! Clique Bait sounds pretty good. May have to check this one out.
Thank you so, so much! I really hope you will 😀
I saw this the other day on Twitter and wanted to read it then bc that COVER :O
Your review has got me so excited to read it too~!! Thank you for sharing! <3
RIGHT I love it so much! Thank you!! 😀
Oh my goodness, this is a book I need to get my hands on! I’m such trash for drama stories like PLL and Gossip Girl. I’m glad you enjoyed this book, especially the characters, even though it was a little predictable. I read so closely that I am rarely surprised these days, so predictability doesn’t usually ruin a reading experience for me. Great review, as always!
AHH YES! I’m just so happy to hear that, I love all the drama books so, so much, they’re so much fun to read 🙂 Thank you! <3
Um, NO ONE TOLD ME THIS BOOK HAD FAKE DATING?! I knew about the complexity of the character building and the *drama* (that was enough to sell the book to me, honestly) but now I’m legit thinking of driving to my nearest bookstore tomorrow and seeing if they have a copy ? Awesome review as always, Marie! ?
AH YES ahh I hope you can get a copy soon. It’s such a great read 😀
Did someone say revenge plot?? This book sounds so cool, and the synopsis sort of gives me Mean Girl vibes. I also love books that have character development, so this book definitely seems worthy of checking out. Great review, Marie!
AH YES! This book gave me all the mean girls vibes for sure! I can’t wait for you to read it 😀
I’ll definitely have to check this out sometime!! Getting into the popular group to get revenge reminds me of a Cat Clarke book that I read and loved actually. Although it’s so frustrating when you want more from the ending.
Ahhhh yes! I hope you’ll love that one, it was such an entertaining read 😀