High school senior Dei Fields appears completely harmless, but she has a keen instinct for manipulation. When she first sets eyes on hot star athlete Mika St. John, she’s determined to have him … and Dei always gets what she wants. There are only three obstacles: Mika’s friends, his family, and his girlfriend. But Dei isn’t afraid to destroy relationships to satisfy her fantasies.
In a matter of weeks, she love-bombs Mika into thinking he has found his soulmate, but when Dei’s plans go awry, everything changes—including her identity. Will Dei get what she wants this time? Or will she finally get what she deserves?
A living nightmare of control and manipulation in a high school setting.
To Die For is a new young adult psychological drama by Audrey Steidl that captures many realistic moments and attitudes of high school society and survival, especially after a narcissistic personality enters the mix. When Mika St. John catches the eye of Delilah Fields, it is the first day of a new semester at a new school for her, but she is determined to get her man no matter what.
The story is well-paced as the author builds a setting familiar to most of us and introduces a diverse cast of characters. Dei, as Delilah is known, could be the poster child for a narcissistic personality, as she manipulates her way to what she wants. I was fascinated and horrified in equal measure by the depth of planning involved in her campaign to secure her heart’s desires, as well as by her full awareness of what she was deliberately setting up. The regular high school students didn’t stand a chance. The whole tale is chilling and made for an unputdownable page-turner.
I recommend TO DIE FOR to readers of young adult fiction and
psychological drama.
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