The Diamonds by Ted Michael

An inspiring and very realistic novel. Marni is lucky enough to be part of super popular group in Bennington School. But after she makes the mistake of getting too close to Clarissa's ex-boyfriend, they quickly kick her out. The school's mock-trial system seems like a good idea until people start to get hurt. Marni now must go against her old friends and stand up for the people she once looked down upon.

The story started off slowly and steadily. But after Marni gets kicked out of the Diamonds the story picks up quickly. The overall plot is very easy to connect with. Almost everyone can understand how Marni feels after losing her friends and how she wants the world to know about how awful they really are. The ending is interesting and can be a little bit of a cliffhanger. This is one of the times that the cliffhanger adds to the story and makes you think more about what happens next.

Marni is very easy to connect with and there are many times that I felt sympathy for her. Anderson, the Diamonds and many other made big impacts on the story whether it was good or bad. The people who the Diamonds made fun of turned out to be a lot better than they were described. The fact that the Diamonds treated them so poorly before they got to now them was really an eye opener.