My Thoughts So Far on Secret Society

Secrets, secrets are no fun. Secrets, secrets hurt someone. . . .

An eccentric new girl. A brooding socialite. The scion of one of New York's wealthiest families. A promising filmmaker. As students at the exclusive Chadwick School, Phoebe, Lauren, Nick, and Patch already live in a world most teenagers only dream about.

They didn't ask to be Society members. But when three of them receive a mysterious text message promising success and fame beyond belief, they say yes to everything—even to the harrowing initiation ceremony in a gritty warehouse downtown and to the ankh-shaped tattoo they're forced to get on the nape of their necks. Once they're part of the Society, things begin falling into place for them. Week after week, their ambitions are fulfilled. It's all perfect—until a body is found in Central Park with no distinguishing marks except for an ankh-shaped tattoo.

Tom Dolby makes his teen fiction debut with this riveting novel about a dangerous society so secret that once you get in, you can never get out.

My thoughts: The premise of the story really pulled me in so I had high hopes for Secret Society. Who doesn’t want a sneak peek behind the closed doors of a secret society? However, I had a hard time getting into the story. The story starts out slow revealing how each character was called into the society and then how each one benefited. At first, I thought the story improved when a kid took hidden photos of one of the initiation ceremonies but nothing became of it.

Well, I had to finally lay down this book unfinished. I’m sure others enjoyed it better than I did. I think I’ll finish it when the second one comes out. You know how sometimes a series can start out slow but improves over time? This one may be like that.

P.S. This book isn't CF and doesn't have anything offensive in it. I will be periodically reading mainstream books to mix up my reading a bit. I really miss attending a local book store's book club meetings. I'll let you know when I discuss non CF books.