Girls on Fire

Paperback Published on: 05/01/2017
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Bookseller Reviews

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Girls on Fire
Friendship starts and ends with tragedy...
A dark, obsessive friendship starting and ending with tragedy. It captures the dark intensity of companionship extremely well. I must say that it is not an... READ MORE
Emine at Bromley
Girls on Fire
All about the 90s...
Fantastically 90s. Really puts you back there. Or just there I guess, if you're a kiddie. Reminiscent of Megan Abbott. Maybe not quite as good as Abbott, b... READ MORE
Lucy Dunham
Girls on Fire
Girls on Fire
An addictive, compelling book about love, lust, friendship and dark secrets. I loved this book, I was completely caught up and desperate to find out wh... READ MORE
Lesley at Commercial Street Dundee
Girls on Fire
A terrifying web of a story that will snare you between it's pages.
I heard it being compared with Jeffrey Eugenedies' 'The Virgin Suicides.' Other than this comparison-which could have meant a similarity in theme, plot, or... READ MORE
Zara at Burton On Trent

Synopsis

Three girls went into the woods; two came out.
It sounds like a joke, or a riddle. But it was only, would ever after be, the rest of our life.

This is not a story of bad things happening to bad girls. I say this because I know you, Dex, and I know how you think. I'm going to tell you a story, and this time, it will be the truth.

Hannah Dexter is a nobody, ridiculed and isolated at school by golden girl Nikki Drummond. But in their junior year of high school, Nikki's boyfriend walks into the woods and shoots himself.

In the wake of the suicide, Hannah befriends new girl Lacey and soon the pair are inseparable, bonded by their shared hatred of Nikki. Lacey transforms good girl Hannah into Dex who is up for any challenge Lacey throws at her. The two girls bring their combined wills to bear on the community in which they live and think they are invulnerable.

But Lacey has a secret, about life before her better half, and it's a secret that will change everything...

'Captivating' - Sunday Times

'While it is a mystery, the true strength of the novel comes from the honesty of the girls' portrayal' - The Guardian

‘Will utterly terrify you - in the best way possible' - Buzzfeed

'A hypnotic debut' - Elle

'We couldn't put this one down' - Marie Claire

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780349141312
  • Number of pages: 432
  • Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 36 mm
  • Weight: 338g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Girls on Fire
These Girls are on Fire ...
First off, I love the fragmented edginess of the US cover (top) which I think is indicative of the troubled girls' characters. I'm not so sure about the co... READ MORE
SJ2B House of Books
Girls on Fire
A coming of age novel and a mystery
Hannah Dexter is a loner whose school life is blemished with regular ridiculing by Nikki Drummond. But in the wake of Nikki’s boyfriend’s suicide and the a... READ MORE
Joy Finlayson
Girls on Fire
Breathtakingly Dark and Raw
The beating heart of this book is friendship. Friendship between women. Not the easy sweet kind but the kind of friendship that requires you to accept, som... READ MORE
Johanna Grunwald