Synopsis:
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn't imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She's not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he's impossible to forget.
In one short summer, her entire life changes, and she sweeps through Blackbriar, prepped to take the beautiful people down from the inside. A whisper here, a look there, and suddenly... bad things are happening. It's a heady rush, seeing her tormentors get what they deserve, but things that seem too good to be true usually are, and soon, the pranks and payback turns from delicious to deadly. Edie is alone in a world teeming with secrets and fiends lurking in the shadows. In this murky morass of devil's bargains, she isn't sure who—or what--she can trust. Not even her own mind...
I'm still mulling this one over. I loved the Razorland trilogy and I feel like that is influencing how I feel about this book. I liked it but I'm conflicted on how to rate it.
This book still has the tense, creepy edge that the Razorland trilogy had but it is very different from it as well. Mortal Danger reminds readers to be careful what you wish for, that a life always has worth even if you don't realize in the moment, and how far you would go for revenge. Ann Aguirre manages to put a lot of things in perspective. I began this book thinking that I would want to make my high school tormentors have to go through what I went through if I were in Edie's place. I could completely understand where she was coming from and wanted her to have closure. As the book progressed, my views changed. The author helps the reader to understand where each of the bullies are coming from. This in turn helps the reader to realize their motivations behind their actions. I'm not saying that it makes what they did to Edie okay. I'm simply saying that their punishments may not deserve to be as deadly as they turn out to be.
The author tells the reader some information about what the deal that Edie makes means but I still feel as if I have no idea whatsoever what is going on. I don't understand the game portion of the deal and the observers are all about. I want to understand the motivations of all of the players in this wicked game. I feel like I should read the next book just to understand what the game is all about and what is going to happen to Edie.
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