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Loading... Alterationsby Stephanie Scott
None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) JoniMFisher | Sep 19, 2019 |  Amelia has just spent her 16th birthday in bed with a face full of snot rather than cake, but her day seems about to get much better :-) Amelia is a character I'm not sure I like yet, but she's enough of an entertaining teenage basket-case that I want to find out. She's either delirious with fever and teen-drama-brain with short bursts of humor poking through, or she's simply a vain and overly dramatic crybaby ("even in sickness, I accessorize"). I suspect the former, I suspect I'll like her, and that suspicion is the element in this first page that makes me want to read on. This first page does a lot: Readership: YA. This girl just fever-snotted through her 16th birthday. Genre: It's not so clear in the first page. And honestly, I didn't notice the heart on the cover until just now. (I know, I'm blind.) With the angst of a 16-year-old girl, the mere fact that she's thinking about a boy doesn't scream romance--they ALL think of boys, even the thriller girls. But now that I "see" the heart on the cover, it's clearly romance. Mood and voice: Here's where this first page excels. Nothing is over done, and the angsty woe-is-me teen drama mixed with subtle humor rings true to me. This made me laugh: “You’re the loser!” I shot back. I buried my face in the pillow—I just yelled at cake. Setting: Not as clear. It threw me off that she calls her gramma abuelita, and I don't know if she lives with her gran or if maybe gran is just visiting. "Prom" says USA, but I've no idea where in the US this is set--city or farm, east or west. “Tell me more” factor: I'm turning the page at this point, but not from suspense. The mood is decidedly disappointed and full of mucus. It's the voice that's hooked me--that fun sort of wonder, which plants a seed of curiosity in my head that whispers, "what will come out of this girl's brain next." Getting a chuckle out of a first page is magic. I love this opening! This first page earns 4 North of Normal stars! ( ) cmmccoy | May 24, 2017 | no reviews | add a review
In this YA retelling of Sabrina set in the glam fashion world, Amelia is whisked off to an amazing New York City fashion internship that changes her life--and quickly finds herself caught between two brothers.A RITA finalist for Best First BookIf anyone saw the prom boards Amelia Blanco makes on her favorite fashion app, they'd think Ethan Laurenti was her boyfriend. They wouldn't know that all the plans she's made for them are just dreams, and that she's the girl who watches him from the kitchen while her parents cook for his famous family. When Amelia's abuelita enrolls her in a month-long fashion internship in NYC, Amelia can't imagine leaving Miami--and Ethan--for that long. As soon as she gets to New York, however, she finds a bigger world and new possibilities. She meets people her own age who can actually carry on a conversation about stitching and design. Her pin boards become less about prom with Ethan and more about creating her own style. By the time she returns to Miami, Amelia feels like she can accomplish anything, and surprises herself by agreeing to help Ethan's awkward, Steve-Jobs-wannabe brother, Liam, create his own fashion app. As Liam and Amelia get closer, Ethan realizes that this newly confident, stylish girl may be the one for him after all . . . even though he has a reality TV star girlfriend he conveniently keeps forgetting about. The "new and improved" Amelia soon finds herself in between two brothers, a whole lot of drama, and choice she never dreamed she'd have to make. No library descriptions found. |
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