![]() ![]() "There’s always the one friend who takes all the air out of the room or is such a presence and the other one who is secondary and is longing to be that bigger person," Abbott explained to Fiction Writer's Review. ![]() Worse, she sees Addy drifting away from her to idolize Collette and the strict guidance she offers. Collette whips the squad into shape (often by body-shaming them and encouraging eating disorders), and Beth becomes enraged: not because she cares about the squad's well-being, but because her control of them has loosened. Everyone bows to Beth and, in so doing, to me."īeth immediately harbors a disdain for Collette, who cannot be cowed, does away with the position of captain, and axes Beth's booty-shaking routines for tricky physical maneuvers. Though Addy portrays herself as submissive to Beth, she says that all the cheerleaders "owned" the previous coach. ![]() The book introduces high schoolers Beth and Addy, whose friendship is thrown into chaos with the arrival of their new cheer coach, Collette. If the USA Network adaptation follows what happens in the Dare Me book, it's sure to be a bloodbath. A story of jealousy, obsession, and power, Dare Me explores what happens when cheerleading squad captain Beth and her obedient friend Addy clash with Collette French, the girls' steely and enigmatic new coach. Menacing teen girls is a staple of the thriller genre, and Megan Abbott's novel Dare Me is all about the darker side of the teenage psyche. ![]()
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