So many events in this novel had me cringing and shaking my head in fear for the safety of Sam. Speaking of unique situations, I don’t think I’ve ever read about such extreme hazing. She demonstrated an amazing attitude despite her unique situation and made for a great example for today’s youth. Her drive and sheer willpower to just keep going was so inspirational to me, as a headstrong girl myself. Sam’s way of testing the DMA community and bringing light to equal rights was provocative and so entertaining. We’re looking at you, The Summer I Found You.
Anyway, we do not talk about my army hangups. I have a serious army hangup, as most of my friends know, and yes, if you’re wondering, I’ve looked into it, but bordering on twenty (am I really that old already?), I’d say it’s a bit too late to put myself up to that. Sure, I know nothing about it except there’s a great blurb and the cover is pretty, but I’m going to love this, there isn’t any way that I won’t.” This is just the book I’ve been looking for and didn’t even know about. You know those books you just look at and think, “Yes, this will be splendid. Which brings me to Rites of Passage, because how could anyone ever resist reading about a badass girl in military school with other badass girls and hot badass guys? You can’t. The world is always in need of a great book about a kickass girl, which isn’t to say there’s a shortage, because there isn’t, but do we ever get sick of reading about seriously tough heroines? Sam must decide who she can trust… and choosing the wrong person could have deadly consequences.
A decades-old secret society is alive and active… and determined to force her out. When their petty threats turn to brutal hazing, bleeding into every corner of her life, she realizes they are not acting alone. But dating is strictly forbidden and Sam won’t risk her future, or the dare, on something so petty… no matter how much she wants him.Īs Sam struggles to prove herself, she discovers that some of the boys don’t just want her gone-they will stop at nothing to drive her out. What she’s not expecting is her fiery attraction to her drill sergeant. She’s even expecting the hostility she gets from some of the cadets who don’t think girls belong there.
As a military brat, she can handle an obstacle course just as well as the boys. She’s expecting push-ups and long runs, rope climbing and mud-crawling. So Sam joins the first-ever class of girls at the prestigious Denmark Military Academy. And she’s not going to start with the last one her brother gave her before he died.
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