Kate takes Alex to her first day of school and in the end meets the Queen Been moms and their offspring. Mean girls grow up to be mean moms with mean daughters in this entertaining domestic thriller from Hunt ( The Last Affair). A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.

Even though I don't enjoy books about "mean girls with mean moms" and/or bullying, I selected this book because I am a HUGE Margot Hunt fan.She presses him about his relationship: he has been with his girlfriend Tracy for a year, but is unsure if he wants to marry her. Indeed, the novel does double duty as a survival manual, packed full of good advice—for instance, try not to get wounded, for “injury turns you from a giver to a taker. It’s a celebration of being frustrated, so will likely skirt the wider issues of feminism in all its sectionality, but that’s because to delve deeper would require a new tone and likely different narrative voices. The chilling story of the abduction of two teenagers, their escape, and the dark secrets that, years later, bring them back to the scene of the crime.

Sick of being introduced one two many times as “the lovely Hiccup girls”, The Hiccup Project (comprised of Chess Dillon-Reams and Cristina MacKerron) are striking out against the mountain of expectations placed upon women.I was still on board since I love a catty neighborhood - especially one poised on the brink of chaos with a powder keg in development. But in a strange twist, Kate feels like she actually hit the jackpot, being accepted by the mothers of these mean girls.

What originally draws her to Shoreham, Florida, are the salt air, quiet walks on the beach, and the glorious sunrises over the ocean. Although Alex easily made the team, it was hard for her to get the coach to notice her or give her a chance to play against other schools.As the action unfolds, we learn more about Kate's complicated relationship with her late husband--as well as how Alex related to her father. You will read about some very mean girls and intense bullying in a expertly written and engaging novel. THE AUTHOR: Margot Hunt is the pseudonym for chick lit and women's fiction author Whitney Gaskell, who has also published several Young Adult books as Piper Banks.