[Review] Frat Girl - Kiley Roache

Summary:Fraternity—specifically Delta Tau Chi, a frat house on the verge of being banned from the school. Accused of offensive, sexist behavior, they have one year to clean up their act.

With one shot at a scholarship to the school of her dreams, Cassie pitches an unusual research project—to pledge Delta Tau Chi, take on the boys’ club and provide proof of their misogynistic behavior. It’s different, but it’s not against the rules, and she’s pretty sure she knows exactly what to expect once she gets there. Which means the DTC brothers will have to face the dreaded F-word…

Feminist—the type of girl who thinks they’re nothing but tank-top-wearing “bros” and is determined to see them booted from the school.

But Cassie soon realizes things aren’t as simple as they appeared. Some of the DTC brothers, including her fellow pledge, Jordan Louis, are much more than she ever expected to find in a frat house. With her academic future on the line, and her heart all tangled in a web of her own making, Cassie will ultimately have to define for herself what the F-word is all about. (Pub Date: Mar 27, 2018)

Honest review based on an ARC provided by Edelweiss. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.

If you want a fun book with lots of food for thought, this is it.

3.5.

Cassie needs a project or she won't get a scholarship for the university she really wants to attend. An incident in one of their frats give her the best of ideas—why not she join the frat herself?

The first time I read the summary I was sure this was about a girl under disguise but Cassie really joins the frat as herself. The only part she needs to fake is the reason—reporting from inside so she can make sure they get closed. Because what could be more anti-feminist than a fraternity? Of course she eventually learns she was also thinking with bias and that (most of) the members were also people, real people, good people. Except now she's in, she can't back out or she'll lose her scholarship.

I liked how well researched the book was and how fun it was to learn about actual facts. We're smartly presented with even more than the two sides. It's impossible to not to opine, whether about fraternities, feminism or even what Cassie should do now. I'm sure this book will be super interesting for a book club. I'd love to bring it to a classroom as well, see what girls and boys would say.

On the other hand, Kiley overdid it with the information. It's not that it sounded like propaganda pro-feminism, it didn't. I just think she had so many cool facts and ideas to present, she couldn't pick the ideal amount for the book. So the book turns into blablabla at times and you may feel the need to skip it. Then go ahead and skip these parts, go to what matters, just don't skip this whole book. You'd regret!

I recommend it to anyone looking for a good-old YA to entertain you—the romance is also cute!—but to also make you think. It's always a pleasure to have something more.

Rating: 4 out of 5.