Dying for Devil's Food

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High school is difficult enough, but when the mean girls decide to make you their favorite target, it can be downright painful. In Dying for Devil's Food by Jenn McKinlay, Melanie Cooper was one of those abused teens. Now 15 years later she is a successful business woman and is engaged to a handsome district attorney, so she wants no part in the upcoming high school reunion. (Dying for Devil's Food will be released on May 7 by Berkley Publishing Group. Thanks to First To Read for the copy.)  

Her partner Angie DeLaura-Harper badgers her into baking 500 cupcakes decorated with the school colors and then forces her to attend the reunion. Mel knows her nemesis Cassidy Havers will be primed and ready to do battle again.

Sure enough when Mel walks in Cassidy and her mean girls start giving her a hard time, but Mel isn't going to engage with them. She tries to enjoy herself and chat with other people including her first crush Daniel Griffin. Unfortunately Dan Griffin is married to the wicked witch Cassidy and she doesn't take kindly to Mel dancing with Dan.

Naturally she tries to create a scene, but Mel doesn't engage. As Mel and Joe are preparing to depart the reunion, Mel discovers Cassidy dead in the ladies room. As she backs out of the ladies room, she encounters two of the mean girls Brittany and Lianne. On the wall are letters spelling M-E-L in bright red lipstick. Naturally they think she killed Cassidy.

The rest of the cliche gangs up on Mel and the police want her to take a lie detector test. Even though her Uncle Stan is investigating, she still takes and passes the lie detector test. That's not enough for some of Cassidy's gang, so Mel, Angie and Tate decide to investigate.

If you have the will power to read without craving cupcakes, you're a better person than I am.