The Gorgeous Game by Donna Freitas
Published: 2010
Genre: YA
Paperback: 224 pages
Rating: 4
Description from the amazon:
A CHILLING NOVEL ABOUT THE ISOLATION OF BEING STALKED AND THE ABUSE OF POWER.
Olivia Peters is over the moon when her literary idol, the celebrated novelist and muchadored local priest Mark D. Brendan, offers to become her personal writing mentor. But when Father Mark’s enthusiasm for Olivia’s prose develops into something more, Olivia’s emotions quickly shift from wonder to confusion to despair. Exactly what game is Father Mark playing, and how on earth can she get out of it?
This remarkable novel about overcoming the isolation that stems from victimization is powerful, luminous, and impossible to put down.
My two-bits:
In-a-word(s): creepy
Watching the story unfold you can totally see how one can fall into the trap set for an innocent soul.
Prize: my gently read ARC
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* review copy courtesy of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
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