This book has been called Lord of the Flies for teenage girls. (I think I read that in Entertainment Weekly or possibly in People, both of which reviewed Dare Me recently. At any rate, I didn't come up with it myself. Please don't sue me.)

This is a very interesting book and it's been well-received (currently on Goodreads, it has a 4 star average), but for some reason, I just couldn't connect with it. It's got a great premise and it's similar to a lot of books that I love (pretty much every book that has a teacher that overly connects with their students) AND it was blurbed by authors I love.

Part of it, I think, is that I didn't understand exactly why the students (especially Addy) were so in love with Coach French.

Even so, there is definitely something to be said for a book that's interesting enough that I will keep reading it even though I don't like any of the characters.

This is definitely one of those books that you'll need to read for yourself.