Melissa Keil

Hmm, this book didn't do anything for me. Told from alternating perspectives, the story is about two misfits who find each other. Joshua has had a crush on Sophia since Year 7. However, Sophia hasn't noticed him because she lacks people skills and is too focused on maths and Dr. Who.

Personally, I found Sophia fairly unrelatable and while I liked Josh a bit better I thought he was pushy the way he tried to win Sophia over. The plot plodded along with very few moments of excitement or drama, and I was glad to finally reach the end. Overall, a disappointing, bland read.… (more)

I read a lot of YA fiction, and I'm not a YA, so I may get some of the youth's memery wrong in this review.

Alba: Everybody wants to move away from my Australian country town, but I'd be happy to just stay!
Me, who grew up gay in a country town: Mmmmmmmmmmmmm can't relate.

Alba: And all that yummy boy abs, you know?
Me: Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

And it's weird, because I really liked Alba, and I was really rooting for her? But I just could not relate to her at all as a character. I really enjoyed a lot of things about this book and I'm going to go check out others, so I'm hoping that that is just a blip in Melissa Keil's books, because of the mood I'm in or because of the way her character was written. I guess we'll find out.… (more)