Loved everything about this book, the description sounded great but it has nothing on how amazing this book actually is! The characters, the story, the ending all just blew my mind and had me reading the full book in one sitting as I just couldn’t put it down! Beyond amazing!

Natural Selection by Clare Edge is a compelling and humorous YA mystery novel full of suspense, social critique, and revenge. The book's interesting idea will keep you glued to your seat, and the cold and isolated nature of the snowy wilderness is perfect for building suspense. The characters' friendship is genuine and inspiring, and the mystery behind the bear is captivating. This intelligent and quick-read book is definitely worth reading.

A sharp, darkly funny YA revenge thriller that starts as a prank in the woods and spirals into something far wilder, weirder, and far more satisfying than the girls ever intended.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bloomsbury for the early copy of this book!

A feminist book about asshole guys 'just being boys' and actually getting consequences for this. Lions, tigers and bears, oh my!

If it was a choice between the men in this book and the bear, it's 100% the bear for me.

I quite liked the hook of all the three main girls being called Megan/Meghan, their nicknames kept this from getting confusing but it made for some fun misunderstandings and a bonding reason for them all.

The plot and pacing was really good in general, though some threads regarding some not so great behaviour could have been possibly covered a bit more, it's not enough for me to go down a star. This book has a LOT of moments in it that gave me such feminist rage that I kind of wished I was the bear myself. I think this town was a boiling pot of sexism and maybe the universe just decided it needed taking down a peg.

I really enjoyed all the twists and fun interactions between characters, even the parents who usually aren't that 'real' or three-dimensional in a younger book like this. It felt like a whodunnit with bears, and since I'm also getting into crime more alongside horror, this felt like the perfect mix for me.

It was a cute, queer, frustrating, badass read.

Revenge, mystery, fantasy, women up in arms. I liked the sound of the blurb, and I’m really glad I picked it up to read.

It’s starts like an American end of year High School thing. Get back at the boys that have wronged the girls.

But it develops into something darker around the whole of the male population in this small town. Ruled by law of the Sheriff, one of the casts daughters, and the revenge becomes more spirit and witch like. Then the surprises come, as the reader becomes aware of what’s really going on. Not an ending I expected. In fact the story line surprised me.

Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (UK and ANZ) and NetGalley for the ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.