Tap & Gown

Diana Peterfreund

May 2009 · Secret Society Girl Book 4 · Sold by Delta

About this ebook

Fans of Beautiful Disaster will devour Diana Peterfreund’s Ivy League novels—Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has been initiated into the country’s most notorious secret society. But in this power-hungry world where new blood is at the mercy of old money, hooking up with the wrong people could be fatal.
 
The countdown to Amy’s graduation has begun, and suddenly the perfect ending to a perfectly iconoclastic college career is slipping from her grasp. Her new boyfriend is considering an offer he can’t refuse, while Amy hasn’t even filed her fellowship applications. And the young woman she’s chosen to take her place in Rose & Grave seems to come complete with a secret life already intact.
 
Lunging toward real life in the world beyond the hallowed halls of Eli University, Amy finds trouble around every corner, from society intrigues and unlikely stalkers to former flames and mandatory science credits. Surely it couldn’t get worse . . . until Initiation Night explodes into a terrifying scene and into a final test of wits for a young woman just trying to make it out of the Ivy League in one piece.

Ratings and reviews

How much have I been enjoying Peterfeund's "Secret Society Girl" novels? Not only enough that I bought the concluding volume as soon as it was released, but enough that I didn't read "Tap & Gown" until now - because I didn't want to stop having the last book in the series left to look forward to. (My delay may also partly have been from a fear that I might find the dénouement emotionally unsatisfying.) "Tap & Gown" brings the series full circle - as Amy Haskel's tenure as a member of "Rose & Grave" (read: Skull & Bones) ends, she is involved with selecting her successors. Once again there's a dash of melodrama and a touch of mystery mixed into the coming-of-age drama. Some of the melodrama is a little silly, but some of it is plenty serious; once again I found the blend engaging overall. And did assorted romantic entanglements end as I hoped? Sorry, that would be telling.

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About the author

Diana Peterfreund is the author of Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown, among other novels. She graduated from Yale University in 2001 with degrees in geology and literature. A former food critic, she now lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and writes full-time.