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Addiction
Alcoholism
anxiety
Author_Jas Hammonds
award-winning author
biracial
black girls
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contemporary YA
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Dark academia
Depression
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first love
first year of college
freshman year of college
gay girls
Greek life
Hazing
Indie Bestselling author
lesbian main character
LGBTQ+
mental health
nonbinary author
party culture
Peer pressure
Queer
Queer YA
sad books
sapphic
Secret society
sober curious
sobriety
Suspense
teen girls
trans femme author
young adult books for girls
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- ISBN 9781250343437
- Weight: 305g
- Dimensions: 139 x 212mm
- Publication Date: 22 Sep 2025
- Publisher: Palgrave USA
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have one goal: join the mysterious and exclusive Serena Society. The sorority promises status and lifelong connections to a network of powerful, trailblazing women of colour. Ella’s acceptance is a sure thing - she’s the daughter of a Serena alum. Blake, however, has a lot more to prove.
As a former loner from a working-class background, Blake lacks Ella’s pedigree and confidence. Luckily, she finds courage at the bottom of a liquor bottle. When she drinks, she’s bold, funny, and unstoppable - and the Serenas love it. But as pledging intensifies, so does Blake’s drinking, until it’s seeping into every corner of her life. Ella assures Blake that she’s fine; partying hard is what it takes to make the cut . . .
But success has never felt so much like drowning. With her future hanging in the balance and her past dragging her down, Blake must decide how far she’s willing to go to achieve her glittering dreams of success - and how much of herself she’s willing to lose in the process.
Jas Hammonds was raised in many cities and between the pages of many books. They have received support for their writing from Lambda Literary, Baldwin for the Arts, and the Highlights Foundation. They are also a grateful recipient of the MacDowell James Baldwin Fellowship. Their debut novel, We Deserve Monuments, won the 2023 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent, among many other accolades. Find Jas on Instagram @jashammonds. jashammonds.com.
