The Legacies

     I hope you've been enjoying my cosplay pix. But I realized 😳 I'd better get back to posting reviews because I've been reading so many seriously great books you deserve to know about. 

     I've heard that in the days when radio was the medium du jour a character named the Shadow revealed the evil that lurked in the hearts of men. In The Legacies Jessica Goodman reveals the scheming and duplicity that can lie in the hearts and minds of elite private school students and the powerful and privileged adults in their lives. If you're anything like me you'll be hooked on the first page.

     The Legacy Club is housed in an outwardly plain building, one most New Yorkers could pass without a second glance. It houses an incredibly posh interior, one that precious few could get into or even guess the existence of. Each year thirty-six high school seniors from elite private schools are admitted through a week of rituals. Once they possess their golden keys they're members for life, guaranteed entry into elite colleges and other privileged spaces and the loyalty of other members who will do whatever it takes to maintain the status quo. 

     Goodman's narrators are Excelsior Prep students: Bernie, the daughter of a high ranking member whose entry was guaranteed while she was still in diapers; Isobel, the talented artist with the substance abuse problem, and Tori, the one of the one of these things does not belong scholarship student who works at her father's restaurant. Their alternating voices lead readers through the intrigues, shifting alliances, and betrayals of the crucial week, the grand finale of which will go decidedly off script...

     ...because the script has never included murder.

     I'm really excited because when I checked out the author bio I learned that there is one other Goodman book I haven't read. You'd better believe it's at the top of my Minerva send away list. 

On a purrrsonal note, advertising the drag show is going really well. I'm stirring up a lot of excitement. I just wish I could cover more territory. It's a big campus. 

A great big shout out goes out to all who are planning to participate. 

Jules Hathaway 

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