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| Title | : | Winning |
| Author | : | Lara Deloza |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | June 28th 2016 by HarperTeen |
| Categories | : | Contemporary. Young Adult. LGBT. Realistic Fiction. High School |
Lara Deloza
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.54 | 789 Users | 196 Reviews
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House of Cards meets Election in this wickedly entertaining story about an uber-ambitious high school junior.Whoever said being nice would get you to the top?
Certainly not Alexandra Miles. She isn’t nice, but she’s more than skilled at playing the part. She floats through the halls of Spencer High, effortlessly orchestrating the actions of everyone around her, making people bend to her whim without even noticing they’re doing it. She is the queen of Spencer High—and it’s time to make it official.
Alexandra has a goal, you see—Homecoming Queen. Her ambitions are far grander than her small town will allow, but homecoming is just the first step to achieving total domination. So when peppy, popular Erin Hewett moves to town and seems to have a real shot at the crown, Alexandra has to take action.
With the help of her trusted friend Sam, she devises her most devious plot yet. She’ll introduce an unexpected third competitor in the mix, one whose meteoric rise—and devastating fall—will destroy Erin’s chances once and for all. Alexandra can run a scheme like this in her sleep. What could possibly go wrong?
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| ISBN: | 0062396692 (ISBN13: 9780062396693) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.54 From 789 Users | 196 ReviewsArticle Epithetical Books Winning
Looooooooooved the alternating viewpoints in this book, because they really kept everything moving and tense, and loved all the cute lesbian makeouts. A really fun, quick read, with great characters.Can't quite put my finger on what fell short for me (view spoiler)[ (maybe it's the fact that Alexandra DIDN'T WIN? I know she's pretty terrible, but I was kinda like....SHE'S GOTTA PULL THIS OFF, RIGHT), but at least Erin and Sam ended up together (hide spoiler)] Really looking forward to whatI'm really surprised this book isn't getting more attention! It was so much fun and made me have feels, even for the worst characters. It was like Mean Girls and She's All That, with a touch of Clueless, but it was all a tiny bit darker.
"It's my job to size people up. To see what's hiding beneath the surfaceand then use that to my advantage. You see, I'm not like any of those girls. No, I was born to wear a crown." All those fantasy books comparing themselves to Game of Thrones might as well throw in the towel. This is the next Game of Thrones. A no-holds-barred, claws-out fight to the death for dominance of Spencer High.Alexandra Miles is the undisputed queen of her high school. Think overachieving Regina George with more
I consider Wining to be a pretty unique book. It's hard to come across books with the supposed "villain" as the main character, but it's even hard to find books where that "villain" is unapologetic. It was interesting for me to see all the scheming and ruthlessness done just to achieve the results that the school's "queen" wants.However, the thing is, I wasn't really able to enjoy this book that much. At first it was entertaining and refreshing, but as the story went on, it just became dragging.
I liked the concept of this book but I think it could have been better executed. I didn't hate the characters but I also wasn't super into them. They all seemed pretty much the same and I couldn't really get invested in what happened to them. I liked the writing a lot though. I'd definitely be interested in other books by Lara Deloza.
Some girls are born to wear a baseball cap without an ounce of irony. Think of those long-legged, gamine creatures whose tans are never fake-baked, whose shoulders are broader than those of their boyfriends, and who tend to have a pair of blindingly white sneakers they save for dress up.Some girls are born wanting so desperately to blend in that they spend hours trying to coax their locks into one of those messy-bun-and-elastic-headband combos that are so on-trend. I am not like any of those
(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to HarperCollins and Edelweiss.) I am and always will be Queen Alexandra Miles. This was a YA story about a girl desperate to be Homecoming Queen.Alexandra was really quite a calculating character who planned for things really well, it was just a shame that she used her skills to take other people down! I did feel strangely sorry for her though, especially given her fathers death and the fact that her
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