It’s invite-only and students who wish to join have to invite a certain number of people (and later on, perform a certain tasks) in order for their NEED to be approved. NEED started out with an interesting concept: a social media network for a small-town Wisconsin high school. My experience with Joelle Charbonneau’s Testing Trilogy was a bit of rocky ride but nonetheless, I was super intrigued by NEED! I always love a good mystery and/or thriller and that seems to be a genre that’s gaining popularity in the past year or so in YA and looks like it will continue to grow in the years to come! I was anxious to read NEED in the hopes that it would be a book that totally turned my world upside down! In this chilling YA thriller, the author of the best-selling Testing trilogy examines not only the dark side of social media, but the dark side of human nature. Soon the site turns sinister, with simple pranks escalating to malicious crimes. Teenagers at Wisconsin's Nottawa High School are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need. Related Posts: The Testing (The Testing #1), Independent Study (The Testing #2) Find it on the web: Buy from Amazon // Goodreads Date Completed: October 30, 2015
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