I couldn't put it down. If I had to describe this book in three words I would say: exciting, confusing and dramatic.
Arwen Richards, teen reviewers
Teen Titles
Hard-hitting storyline building up throughout which will have you intrigued from start to finish.
Sophie Atkinson, teen reviewer
Teen Titles
I'm super excited because Cat Clarke ... Read morehas written one of my favourite books, Undone. This book has an interesting premise and I love the little tag line that come son the cover of the book: Sugar and spice and scars for life.
Forever Fictional
Clarke doesn't spoon feed the reader all the answers; I felt like I was part of the group of the girls, trying to work through the problems and questions that were thrown up.
Delightful Book Reviews
These characters are interesting and compelling to read and the story is like The Roommate meets well actually that sums it up pretty well but the ending was not at all what I was expecting to come out of it.
The Sparkle Spy
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Everything Alyce
I loved this book for it's complicated friendships, ominous relationships and the sense of being pulled further in to a web. It was compulsive reading and I sat up until the early hours of the morning unable to put it down. It's exactly the kind of book to disappear into on a gloomy, rainy day ... Thank all that is bookish and beautiful for Cat Clarke. Openly gay and bi characters, friendship struggles, snarky girls, secrets and lies. It's all here in Girlhood. What I would have given for this book when I was a teenager trying to find my place int he world - in a girl's school - feeling like the only gay in the village. I grew up reading boarding school stories and it's a joy to return to one now. Especially a contemporary one filled with beautifully diverse characters and lots of nods to modern politics. A fast-paced and fierce celebration of friendship not to be missed.
Rhino Reads
the emotions were raw, the teenage girl friendships believable, and the ending was satisfying
Heart Full of Books
When you're that age, you are often experiencing grief for the first time. That loss can affect everyone close to you, like your friends and family, and it can be really tough to find someone to talk to. For Harper, she feels like she can't go on and on about Jenna's death to her friends, like they will get sick of it. Her misguided paranoia and the development of her grief was exactly right, even though it was predictable. Sometimes you want a story to do exactly what you expect from it. I hope many people pick up Girlhood because it was an absolute page turner and an eye opener to the contrasting ways grief is experienced.
Read by Jess
A darkly compulsive story about love, death, and growing up under the shadow of grief.
World Book Day
Cat Clarke is back with another dramatic thrill ride that knocks you a little sideways but leaves you wanting more by the time you've finished. Girlhood is an emotional rollercoaster set in a remote boarding school in Scotland. All the girls have their own little secrets but some are bigger than others and where there are secrets' there is a chance they could cause drama. Your only hope is that the drama can be contained and won't cause consequences. Brilliantly written and a real page-turner.
Sister Spooky
I did really like the thrilling atmosphere of it and I found that the storyline wasn't predictable. I was guessing what was going to happen or what the secrets were, to find out that I couldn't have been more wrong.
The Bibliophile Girl
There was something eery and creepy to the story that kept me on tender hooks from the very beginning. I read this book in a couple of sittings and I didn't want it to end! Cat's writing style is effortless and so easy to read that I felt that I was in a castle in Scotland myself at times. Girlhood comes out this week (May 4th) and if you haven't preordered it yet I would highly recommend it!
The YA Nightstand
Clarke excels at genuine page-turners and I read this in one greedy sitting
The Bookseller on Cat Clarke
Clarke...succeeds brilliantly, thanks to the reality of the characters and the depth of the emotion
The Scotsman on Cat Clarke
I wholly, unabashedly and completely recommend this book
Inis Magazine on Cat Clarke
Undoubtedly one of the most exciting and talented YA writers in Britain
Library Mice on Cat Clarke
Incredible - pure and simple
Writing from the Tub on Cat Clarke
Well-written and insightful ... the story moves at a roaring pace until it reaches a thrilling and ultimately uplifting conclusion ... an easy book to get lost in
The Bookbag
An emotionally charged, edge-of-your-seat thriller. Tension builds to a jaw-dropping crescendo as truths are revealed, loyalties are tested, and a whole lot of understanding is needed. Gripping and gratifyingly multi-layered, fans of thrillers with emotional depth will find much to love here
LoveReading4Kids
A new Cat Clarke novel is always something to celebrate and Girlhood could be her best yet
Juno Dawson
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