Love, Heather, Laurie Petrou
Love, Heather, Laurie Petrou
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Love, Heather

Author: Laurie Petrou

Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/22/2022


Synopsis

One of Refinery29's Favorite Books of October 2019!

Award-winning author Laurie Petrou makes her YA debut with this atmospheric thriller exploring the addictive pull of revenge.

What you see isn't always what you get.

Stevie never meant for things to go this far. When she and Dee--defiant, bold, indestructible Dee--started all this, there was a purpose to their acts of vengeance: to put the bullies of Woepine High School back in their place. And three months ago, Stevie believed they deserved it. Once her best friend turned on her, the rest of the school followed. Stevie was alone and unprotected with a target on her back. Online, it was worse.

It was Dee's idea to get them all back with a few clever pranks, signing each act Love, Heather--an homage to her favorite 80's revenge flick. Despite herself, Stevie can't help getting caught up in the payback, reveling in every minute of suffering. And for a while, it works: it seems the meek have inherited the school.

But when anonymous students begin joining in, punishing perceived slights with increasingly violent ferocity, the line between villain and vigilante begins to blur. As friends turn on each other and the administration scrambles to regain control, it becomes clear: whatever Dee and Stevie started has gained a mind--and teeth--of its own. And when it finally swallows them whole, one will reemerge changed, with a plan for one final, terrifying act of revenge.

About Laurie Petrou

Laurie Petrou is an associate professor at the RTA School of Media at Ryerson University in Toronto. Her first book, a collection of short stories titled Between, was a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book. She is the inaugural winner of the 2016 Half the World Global Literati Award for her then-unpublished novel Sister of Mine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on November 05, 2020

Four hating the guts of every kind of bullying, darkest, agitating, nail biter, disturbing but also educative, complicated, emotions all over the place, cannot gather my thoughts, I’m mumbling strange words, I think this book made me learn Gibberish stars! “The test of courage comes when we are in t......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on September 25, 2019

The bullied become the bullies in this dark and timely drama. “It’s people like us against the world, Stevie.” I roll my eyes and mutter, “You don’t even know me.” “Sure I do. You and me? We’re the same.” Omggggg I hate not being able to say anything that would spoil this book. It's like holding onto......more

Goodreads review by Bren fall in love with the sea. on February 11, 2020

And then, finally, in the late afternoon, she agrees to come to my house after school, something she’s never done before, but I offered up as a last resort. She looks at me, her face hard, and says, “Yeah. Okay, it’d be good too see where you live.” Something prickles in my mind, but I push it away L......more

Goodreads review by Ꮗ€♫◗☿ ❤️ on February 14, 2020

Wow! I am a bit blown away but probably shouldn’t be. In some ways you could see the ending to this coming a mile away and in others it was completely unexpected. I was actually pretty much bawling by the end of the book. But I really liked it also because of that. It definitely made me think and fee......more

Goodreads review by NZLisaM on November 17, 2019

Eye-opening, timely, emotional, with jaw-dropping twists! When fourteen year old Stevie is ostracised and bullied by the popular crowd, her best friend since childhood, Lottie, turns her back on her and sides with them. Unhappy and alone, Stevie is taken under her wing by fierce, fearless, loner Dee,......more