The New Girl
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- Author：Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Summary
Lia Setiawan has never really fit in。 When she wins a full ride to the prestigious Draycott Academy on a track scholarship， she's determined to make it work even though she's never felt more out of place。 But on her first day there she witnesses a girl being forcefully carried away by campus security。 Her new schoolmates and teachers seem unfazed， but it leaves her unsure of what she's gotten herself into。 As she uncovers the secrets of Draycott， complete with a corrupt teacher， a golden boy who isn't what he seems， and a blackmailer determined to get her thrown out， she's not sure if she can trust anyone--especially when the threats against her take a deadly turn。
Reviews
Molly
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This one was just not for me。 Definitely written for a younger generation with lingo that is dated to this decade and the issues with drugs/cheating meant for a younger audience。 That doesn’t always deter me; I enjoy young adult fiction and can find myself immersed in the storyline and characters even if I don’t relate to them。 This one I was unable to do so with， but I’m sure others will enjoy。 2。5 stars。 Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest revie This one was just not for me。 Definitely written for a younger generation with lingo that is dated to this decade and the issues with drugs/cheating meant for a younger audience。 That doesn’t always deter me; I enjoy young adult fiction and can find myself immersed in the storyline and characters even if I don’t relate to them。 This one I was unable to do so with， but I’m sure others will enjoy。 2。5 stars。 Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review。 。。。more
Amanda
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This story felt like gossip girl if it took place at a boarding school。 This story follows Lia as she gets accepted to the prestigious boarding school Draycott a school full of rich spoiled teens who are not afraid to flaunt their money。 Lia automatically feels out of place it this rich school。 She is on a track scholarship and right from the start ends up drawing the ire of rich girl Mandy who was kicked of the varsity track team when Lia was added。 Lia has to deal with Mandy trying to get her This story felt like gossip girl if it took place at a boarding school。 This story follows Lia as she gets accepted to the prestigious boarding school Draycott a school full of rich spoiled teens who are not afraid to flaunt their money。 Lia automatically feels out of place it this rich school。 She is on a track scholarship and right from the start ends up drawing the ire of rich girl Mandy who was kicked of the varsity track team when Lia was added。 Lia has to deal with Mandy trying to get her kicked out while also dealing with a corrupt teacher and finding out the school has their own drug dealer。 This story unfolds with lots of twists and turns and tons of drama。 I really enjoyed this book it was entertaining and I really liked the twist and turns。 The characters were a little less likable they were pompous and annoying and the main character made every wrong choice she could。 There was also lots of parts that were over the top and completely unbelievable。 I did listen to the audiobook for this which made me like this book less。 The narrator was annoying with her dramatizations。 There were quite a few times where I was rolling my eyes at the narrator。 I would like to thank Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to read this book for an honest review。 。。。more
Katie Lawrence
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 What I enjoyed:The secretsThe commentary on socioeconomic differences and race at the boarding schoolThe way Sutanto wrote about the pressures of high schoolSome of the twists and Lia's madcap efforts at the end to solve the mysteryThe gossipy app， while done before， felt believableWhat did not work for me:Not enough time was spent on character development to add weight to the events that were occurring We never learn why Lia has an ankle monitor on at the end of the book。。。 what did the cops ac What I enjoyed:The secretsThe commentary on socioeconomic differences and race at the boarding schoolThe way Sutanto wrote about the pressures of high schoolSome of the twists and Lia's madcap efforts at the end to solve the mysteryThe gossipy app， while done before， felt believableWhat did not work for me:Not enough time was spent on character development to add weight to the events that were occurring We never learn why Lia has an ankle monitor on at the end of the book。。。 what did the cops actually figure out？I did not buy Lia and Danny's relationship at allHow did Stacey know Lia accidentally killed Mr。 Werner？The front blurb on the cover really gives away a lot of Lia's choices up front which bothered me。 I felt like as I was reading I just kept waiting for her to commit those acts。 This moves at a good clip and still was engaging enough that I finished it。 I think mostly I just wanted it to be tighter and I wanted to feel more invested too。 。。。more
Kristina
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Kind of predictable but very good
Yukai Lim
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A really fun read
Kendy
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2。5 I predicted what was going to happen。 The ending was abrupt and wrapped up too nicely。
Kim
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I am having mixed feelings about this book。 On one hand I liked it， on the other hand I was wondering what next crazy thing was going to happen？This book went from having nothing happen to having murder， then more murder， then drugs， more drugs。 Throughout the entire book， Lia's thought process was incredibly stupid （in my opinion）。 She's like OMG what will I do， and I'm just thinking you did it to yourself and need to think things through！ In all， I didn't like nor dislike this book。 Maybe that I am having mixed feelings about this book。 On one hand I liked it， on the other hand I was wondering what next crazy thing was going to happen？This book went from having nothing happen to having murder， then more murder， then drugs， more drugs。 Throughout the entire book， Lia's thought process was incredibly stupid （in my opinion）。 She's like OMG what will I do， and I'm just thinking you did it to yourself and need to think things through！ In all， I didn't like nor dislike this book。 Maybe that will change once I digest what I finished。 。。。more
Leissa Kimball
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I loved Dial A for Aunties， but this one was lacking all of that whodunit sparkle。 This felt like I walked in on the middle of a movie， figured out the bad guy， and watched the ending just to make sure I was right。
Amiee
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I know this is a YA book but it was a bit of a mess。 Lia is a new girl at the school （track star） and she falls into huge messes and manages to do everything wrong to get out if it。This is a fast paced book but a cluster。It was interesting to get perspective of Indo-Chinese culture。。。but I thought it odd that Lia NEVER called her mom。 I hated the bullying via app。。。just seemed ridiculous as well as the parties in Vegas， jets， yachts。 I will stick with the adult books from this author。
Anna
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you know that one girl in horror movies that always makes the absolute worst decisions？ yeah that’s Lia。
Yuna Lilly
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Jesse Q。 Sutanto is really clinging to the accidental murder trope with her LIFE。 😭I really wanted to like this but I can't excuse the author's tendency to write books that are all super similar ALL THE TIME。 why tho？ The characters weren't exactly likable and the twists and turns left a lot to be desired。 I'm waffling on whether this book should have been scrapped altogether or just gone through some HEAVY revisions。 I think it could have been good， it just wasn't really。 Jesse Q。 Sutanto is really clinging to the accidental murder trope with her LIFE。 😭I really wanted to like this but I can't excuse the author's tendency to write books that are all super similar ALL THE TIME。 why tho？ The characters weren't exactly likable and the twists and turns left a lot to be desired。 I'm waffling on whether this book should have been scrapped altogether or just gone through some HEAVY revisions。 I think it could have been good， it just wasn't really。 。。。more
Megan Altmeyer
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Slow at the beginning， but the second half was fast paced。 pretty predictable for me。 I honestly wasn’t a fan of the main character。I enjoyed her book before this， The Obsession soooo much more。
WJ
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With The New Girl， it might've been a case of mismatched expectations。 Given the tone of the blurb， I thought that I was in for more a dark academia kind of book when instead it was more of a slapstick murder mystery - in the sense that our main character， Lia， seems to constantly end up at the wrong place and time， without much conniving of her own。The story begins promisingly enough， as Lia is introduced to Draycott Academy， a boarding school that she only gets in because of her track scholars With The New Girl， it might've been a case of mismatched expectations。 Given the tone of the blurb， I thought that I was in for more a dark academia kind of book when instead it was more of a slapstick murder mystery - in the sense that our main character， Lia， seems to constantly end up at the wrong place and time， without much conniving of her own。The story begins promisingly enough， as Lia is introduced to Draycott Academy， a boarding school that she only gets in because of her track scholarship。 On the first day， she witnesses a student being thrown out and in tears， while the rest of the student body watches and mocks her and while a cruel teacher dismisses her hysterics。 Lia only becomes more shocked when she realises the wealth and privilege that the students hail from and that the same teacher seems to have it out for her。 He asks that she drop his class and when she refuses， he unfairly gives her grades that are terrible enough to kick her off the track team。At the same time， she falls into ~insta love~ with Danny， the school's golden boy who comes from the same cultural background as her and who seems to get her in a way that she didn't expect。 However， his uncle also turns out to the same terrible teacher that's intent on terrorising Lia。The New Girl focuses a lot on bullying， as Lia is ostracised by the other students for coming from a less privileged background and because Draycott Dirt， the school's gossip app is basically a cesspool of bad behavior as the students anonymously post dirt about each other。 This could've made for an exciting read but I just found myself mostly confused by Lia's actions。 （view spoiler）[ When her teacher dies， Lia's first instinct was to tell Danny。。。the same Danny who adores his uncle。 Moreover， she jumps from idea to idea on who to frame such as the school's drug dealer， which turns out to be her friend Beth， or her bully Mandy。 However， none of these plans are very well thought out。And to top it off， it turns out that Danny， her boyfriend， isn't the golden boy that Lia thinks he is。 Because he was the one who murdered the expelled girl， Sophie， and also nearly kills Stacey， Lia's hacker friend， because he believed that the latter was his uncle's killer。 （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Krisendra
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2。5 no 3？⭐（spoiler free）uhhh where do I start？😩This book was not what I had hoped for it to be。 What I liked in this book:1） that she was the murder 2） her best friend she makes 3） that the drug dealer was who it was4） that they talk about how racism is still a big thing5） who ended up being the "bad guy" in the end （although I saw it coming）What I didn't like in this book:1） she was SO dramatic 2） it was really repetitive 3） the amount of stupid/unsensible things in this book4） it felt forced a 2。5 no 3？⭐（spoiler free）uhhh where do I start？😩This book was not what I had hoped for it to be。 What I liked in this book:1） that she was the murder 2） her best friend she makes 3） that the drug dealer was who it was4） that they talk about how racism is still a big thing5） who ended up being the "bad guy" in the end （although I saw it coming）What I didn't like in this book:1） she was SO dramatic 2） it was really repetitive 3） the amount of stupid/unsensible things in this book4） it felt forced and underdeveloped 5） the mc just wasn't that likable to me at times6） she was constantly in contradiction to her thoughts by doing the complete opposite （being a hypocrite）7） how naive she was 8） how the book was written （it would have a few parts in there that didn't amount up to anything when it could have and their were parts where she only had one thing happen before moving on to the next one and so on） *not sure if what i typed even made sense on 6*🤣😬keep in mind: I am an unemotional person so the fact that she is constantly crying may have had taken a huge factor on how I liked the mcI also think that I would have enjoyed this a lot more if I was younger and not used to a more intense/mature read 。。。more
Carissa
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I really liked this book。 I think the story flowed perfectly and it was easy to follow along with。 The ending was not what I was expecting。 I was confused about one part of the book about the death of a student。 In the first book The Obsession they died one way but in this book the death was described differently。 Granted I could have miss read it and didn't understand it。 Overall I think this was a good read and I would definitely recommend it to other people。 I am definitely adding her other b I really liked this book。 I think the story flowed perfectly and it was easy to follow along with。 The ending was not what I was expecting。 I was confused about one part of the book about the death of a student。 In the first book The Obsession they died one way but in this book the death was described differently。 Granted I could have miss read it and didn't understand it。 Overall I think this was a good read and I would definitely recommend it to other people。 I am definitely adding her other books to my TBR。 。。。more
Lindsey
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Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for providing me an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review If you have any interest what-so-ever in feeling freaked out and anxious because you just killed a man and maybe someone was going to find out， then this is the book to read。 It was such a powerful use of the first person。 I'm usually not a huge fan， but Sutanto used it in such a way that the reader was really placed into Lia's head。 I love gripping suspense filled novels and this Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for providing me an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review If you have any interest what-so-ever in feeling freaked out and anxious because you just killed a man and maybe someone was going to find out， then this is the book to read。 It was such a powerful use of the first person。 I'm usually not a huge fan， but Sutanto used it in such a way that the reader was really placed into Lia's head。 I love gripping suspense filled novels and this is one I will not soon forget。 。。。more
Sujin Leek
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Why did I read this whole book instead of just stopping after the first few chapters？ 😭
Liberty B
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Its a good read for Euphoria fans
nadiaizzaty
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#nadianiabookreview ▪️Another dark academy thriller kind of story。 Even the story start in a slow phase ， luckily ， in the middle of the book it start to catching up。 Eventually， some part quite annoying and messy。▪️At first ， I felt sympathy towards Lia but I just don’t understand with every decision that she make which turned up into bad consequences。 “ We have a zero tolerance policy on violence ， bullying and cheating “。 ▪️Despite of the main character， the story also delves into the rotten #nadianiabookreview ▪️Another dark academy thriller kind of story。 Even the story start in a slow phase ， luckily ， in the middle of the book it start to catching up。 Eventually， some part quite annoying and messy。▪️At first ， I felt sympathy towards Lia but I just don’t understand with every decision that she make which turned up into bad consequences。 “ We have a zero tolerance policy on violence ， bullying and cheating “。 ▪️Despite of the main character， the story also delves into the rotten side of students， mostly from a prestige family status 。 They might seems like they have everything but sadly they also strives to be the best and get recognition ， especially from their own family 。There’s some lesson from this book that I’ll take note too : ▪️Try to avoid using media social excessively 。 ▪️Beware of cyber-bullying as it can lead to depression ， suicide and other bad consequences 。 ▪️For the parents ， avoid comparing your children 。 Every children are different 。 Instead ， try your best to always be there and understand their situation / emotion。 After all ， this one is just an okay read for me 。 Just take note on the TW : bullying ， death ， murder ， drugs ， violence。 Thank you @putrifariza and @timesreads for the book in return with honest review。 www。instagram。com/trulybynia 。。。more
Katherine Paschal
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I loved the author's previous book The Obsession， with its super messed up characters and plot， where everyone is a criminal but you still have to pick a side and you root for the bad guy anyway （totally recommend The Obsession if you like very morally gray/black characters and shocks）。 I was super excited to jump into this story with a new set of characters but set at the same shady boarding school， but unfortunately this did not live up to my （possibly too high） expectations。 The plot for the I loved the author's previous book The Obsession， with its super messed up characters and plot， where everyone is a criminal but you still have to pick a side and you root for the bad guy anyway （totally recommend The Obsession if you like very morally gray/black characters and shocks）。 I was super excited to jump into this story with a new set of characters but set at the same shady boarding school， but unfortunately this did not live up to my （possibly too high） expectations。 The plot for the New Girl was not nearly as engaging for me and had a very slow start。 The first third felt a little slow， basically poor new girl comes to a new school and is basically bullied for her race and scholarship status and all the wealthy kids are druggies。 And then next thing you know， BAM， an out of nowhere incredibly disturbing scene occurs to change the plot directions。 And then the story basically spirals out of control from there but not in a great way， more like the main character is incredibly paranoid and stuck in her own PTSD-ish head and some very obvious yet supposed to be surprising stuff occurs around her and then the end。 I knew who was responsible for a lot of stuff at least half way through， I was not surprised by anything that happened and I felt that even the end wrapped up in a tidy little bow that just felt like a limp noodle。All that being said， I would read a third book set at this school because there is always the potential for more and this is a very shady school as previously mentioned。 I know nothing about boarding schools in real life， but if this is how they really are， yikes and maybe homeschool is the safe option。 。。。more
Lydia Hephzibah
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This was so ridiculous and unrealistic。 I kind of enjoyed the read when I suspended my disbelief but the characters were poorly written， the logic was nonexistent， and it was all so over the top， so I can't in my right mind give it a higher rating than this。 It feels very amateur， more like a teen's first foray into writing an overexcitable boarding school mystery with little regard for how things actually work。 The whole thing felt painfully underresearched and I found the protagonist to be qui This was so ridiculous and unrealistic。 I kind of enjoyed the read when I suspended my disbelief but the characters were poorly written， the logic was nonexistent， and it was all so over the top， so I can't in my right mind give it a higher rating than this。 It feels very amateur， more like a teen's first foray into writing an overexcitable boarding school mystery with little regard for how things actually work。 The whole thing felt painfully underresearched and I found the protagonist to be quite infuriating。 。。。more
Alex Pippenger
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read and review a copy of this book！I thought that this book was pretty good！ I will say that I am potentially beginning to grow out of this genre of YA as I found it a bit predictable and the arc overdone。 But， I thought that the writing style was awesome and the narrative was very compelling--I absolutely flew through this novel！ I thought that the story was a bit over-dramatic， and as someone who is a few years out of high-school I fo Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read and review a copy of this book！I thought that this book was pretty good！ I will say that I am potentially beginning to grow out of this genre of YA as I found it a bit predictable and the arc overdone。 But， I thought that the writing style was awesome and the narrative was very compelling--I absolutely flew through this novel！ I thought that the story was a bit over-dramatic， and as someone who is a few years out of high-school I found myself not really understanding or relating to the motivations present in the novel。 However， I thought it was really fun and if you can suspend your belief a little and laugh at the eye-roll-worthy parts then you're surely in for a fun ride。 Thank you so much to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Fire for a copy of this book to review！ I'll definitely be checking out any more new releases by this author！ 。。。more
bungisngis
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lifetime movie vibes all around highly recommended
isabelles。books
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4。25 ⭐️Got me out of a reading slump！ Writing was not the best， it was written in a very gen Z way。 But therefore a very easy and quick read。 Fast-paced story but sometimes a bit too urealistic。 I also expected it be be a bit more twisted / scary。 Overall enjoyed the hell out of this book。 Can’t wait to read more by Jesse。
Mobyskine
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I was anticipating because it's a prequel to The Obsession。 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 was set in Draycott Academy where Lia Setiawan will start her first day as a track scholarship student。 Stuck in between adapting to the new environment and meeting a teacher who is eager to fail her in English literature， Draycott isn't as shiny and beautiful as the brochures say when Lia gets caught in between incidents of a dead student found in a teacher's room and a missing teacher who is found dead in the wood。Love th I was anticipating because it's a prequel to The Obsession。 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 was set in Draycott Academy where Lia Setiawan will start her first day as a track scholarship student。 Stuck in between adapting to the new environment and meeting a teacher who is eager to fail her in English literature， Draycott isn't as shiny and beautiful as the brochures say when Lia gets caught in between incidents of a dead student found in a teacher's room and a missing teacher who is found dead in the wood。Love the themes as it highlighted a teen trope in dark academia backdrop-- conflicts on friendship， school politics （what's up with the principal？）， bullying， racism， drugs abuse and battle in between one's self esteem and parent's expectations （too much of asian moms ref but not much depth given to the issue though）。 Fast-paced， nerve-racking and too hectic as it used the 1st person view that I get a very descriptive all over the place thoughts of Lia-- she was too dramatic for me and her personality was hard to grasp sometimes。 The intertwining mystery was compelling （that two murder cases， drugs dealing and overdose） but I don't fancy much on the development as the execution feels so rushed and bit 'jumpy' especially in the middle to the last few chapters as it goes too propulsive and abruptly change scenes in between。 Although I only get a bit of Sophie and Logan interactions in here （the main arc to The Obsession plot） which kind of disappointing （I was hoping more， or at least a way back before the incident happened）， I still find the mystery and way it connected to Lia as addictive enough。 I like Stacey and Beth， and Danny-- I know I shouldn't trust you that much （that slide in Bahasa Indonesia into your conversation was kind of cute anyhoo）， and the other characters-- they were truly giving me headache with those entitlement and being too spoiled。 Still a twisty and chilling narrative despite being predictable with the ending， love the suspense anyway， 3。5 stars to this！Thank you Times Reads for the gifted ARC！ 。。。more
awkwardBImushroom
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Jesse Q Sutanto is officially my favorite author and never flops。 This book was good and lemme just say I love the twist and turns that it took me on。 ❤❤❤。 Dont question a single thing and read this book right now。
Booklover （Ash）
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Subjective and objective rating: 3。5 ⭐This was a blast！ Short review to come。
Carmen Marie
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DNF @ 21%
SIlas
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This was the first book I have read by Jesse Q。 Sutanto， I enjoyed it but it wasn't the best。 The plot was amazing with a bunch of twists， which some were predictable。 The MC though ugghh， Lia is so emotional。 I got annoyed of her fairly quickly， and she made some really dumb decisions that could have been avoided。 And the love at first sight trope？ That was annoying。 BUT there were also a lot of good things about the book， I loved the acceptance of people of different races。 And the LGBTQ+ repr This was the first book I have read by Jesse Q。 Sutanto， I enjoyed it but it wasn't the best。 The plot was amazing with a bunch of twists， which some were predictable。 The MC though ugghh， Lia is so emotional。 I got annoyed of her fairly quickly， and she made some really dumb decisions that could have been avoided。 And the love at first sight trope？ That was annoying。 BUT there were also a lot of good things about the book， I loved the acceptance of people of different races。 And the LGBTQ+ representation we got。 I didn't absolutely love the book but I did enjoy it。 Maybe my copy will collect dust on the shelf or it'll be pulled out from time to time。 。。。more
Emily
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The ending felt rushed。 It was a good， suspenseful book， I just wish the ending wrapped everything up better。
Reference
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hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=The New Girl&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,The New Girl&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0