Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin ~ My Review

Happy Release Day! Congratulations to Hannah Capin on the publication of Foul is Fair! 

Foul is Fair
by Hannah Capin

Publication Date: February 18th, 2020
Publisher:  Wednesday Books
Pages: 336 - Kindle Edition
Received: From the publisher via NetGalley
Rating: 3.5 stars


Hannah Capin’s Foul is Fair is a bloody, thrilling revenge fantasy for the girls who have had enough. Golden boys beware: something wicked this way comes.

Jade and her friends Jenny, Mads, and Summer rule their glittering LA circle. Untouchable, they have the kind of power other girls only dream of. Every party is theirs and the world is at their feet. Until the night of Jade’s sweet sixteen, when they crash a St. Andrew’s Prep party. The night the golden boys choose Jade as their next target.

They picked the wrong girl.

Sworn to vengeance, Jade transfers to St. Andrew’s Prep. She plots to destroy each boy, one by one. She’ll take their power, their lives, and their control of the prep school’s hierarchy. And she and her coven have the perfect way in: a boy named Mack, whose ambition could turn deadly.

My Review

Foul is Fair is a modern retelling of Macbeth with a Mean Girls vibe going on - popular girls and boys with their King, Queen, and court, ruling the school. It’s dark and gritty, and the writing has a poetic and magical feel at times. But mainly, it’s a story about REVENGE. 

Elle and her friends, Jenny, Summer, and Mads (her coven), go to a party on Ellie’s 16th birthday. This is not their regular hang out. No, they crash a party hosted by the captain of the Lacrosse team from St. Andrews Prep Academy. There, Elle is drugged and raped. But instead of falling apart, Elle wants revenge. 

She changes her name to Jade, and transfers to St. Andrews.

Thankfully, Foul is Fair is not graphic. You don’t experience the rape. Only the fuzzy traces Jade remembers - the color of the room, who was there, bits of what was said. There are other sensitive topics, such as suicide and murder. The murder scenes can be a little bloody.

I loved Jade. She is strong, bold, and brazen. Taking on the popular kids, never flinching. All the while, Jade and her coven were stellar - plotting their revenge. You couldn’t have better friends. 

What I wasn’t too fond of was the writing style. It was choppy and repetitive at times. 

Overall, after I stopped feeling sorry for Mack, I enjoyed the story! Although, I wish I had had a better understanding of Macbeth before I read Foul is Fair.  - 3.5 stars


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About the Author

Hannah Capin is the author of Foul is Fair and The Dead Queens Club, a feminist retelling of the wives of Henry VIII. When she isn’t writing, she can be found singing, sailing, or pulling marathon gossip sessions with her girl squad. She lives in Tidewater, Virginia.


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Many thanks to Wednesday Books for giving me an e-copy of Fair is Foul!  

You can read the excerpt I posted as part of the Foul is Fair Blog Tour here.