The Favorites - Rosemary Hennigan

 The Favorites - Rosemary Hennigan

Publication Date:  November 14, 2023

She read

Jessie Mooney travels from Ireland to Philadelphia to enroll in a graduate law program at Franklin University.  She is thrilled to have been accepted into a very competitive Law and Literature class there not because of its cachet but because of its professor, Jay Crane. She wants to become one of his infamous “favorites” because she blames him for her sister’s death and has a plan.

Set during the 2016 election and the very beginning of the #MeToo movement, there are  important issues here: questions of the nature of justice, retribution, right vs legal, male power, consent, sexual predators, injustice, victimization, the inadequacies of the legal system, and is stalking ever justified?.  This is a very slow burn…and maybe more a fizzle than a burn.  For fans of dark academia, there is much grist for a book group discussion, including the ending.

Thanks to #netgalley and @htpbooks @graydonhousebooks for the ARC.

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