by Kate Brian
First published 2008
Ariana Osgood sits in her cell at the Brenda T. Trumbull Correctional Facility for Women, counting down two years since her arrest for Thomas Pearson's murder. She once controlled every social current at Easton Academy, the most exclusive boarding school in the country. Now she wears prison uniforms instead of designer clothes. But Ariana refuses to accept this as her ending. She maps out her escape route and plots her return to the world of wealth and status that was ripped away from her. The glamorous life she built still calls to her from beyond these concrete walls. Ariana knows she deserves better than this cage, and she will use every skill and connection to claw her way back to the top. Some girls dream of privilege. Ariana was born for it, and no conviction will keep her from reclaiming what belongs to her.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, redemption, revenge
Setting: Brenda T. Trumbull Correctional Facility for Women, Easton Academy
Period: 21st-century
291 pages · Paperback · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Content warnings: murder