Point of View

The story is told from the first-person point of view of Avery. Consider one of the first sentences in the novel: “I knew my lawyer well enough to know that was what she really wanted to talk about. My birthday was October eighteenth. I would hit the year mark the first week in November and instantly become the richest teenager on the planet” (2). Avery refers to herself with the first-person pronoun “I” and the possessive “my” indicating that she is the one who is narrating the story.

Since Avery is narrating from her own point of view, the narration is biased. Avery narrates things as she interprets them based on her background. For instance, when Eve arrives at Hawthorne House, Avery understands what Eve means when she says that she has not reported the attack against her because no one would believe a girl like...