Thank you Walker Books for this book in exchange for an honest review
Synopsis:
Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality. Loner Sam flies under the radar at school and walks on eggshells at home to manage her mom’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, wondering how she can ever leave to pursue her dream of studying aerospace engineering. Popular, people-pleasing Zoe puts up walls so no one can see her true self: the girl who was abandoned as an infant, whose adoptive mother has cancer, and whose disabled brother is being sent away to live in a facility. When an unexpected encounter results in the girls’ exchanging phone numbers, they forge a connection through text messages that expands into a private universe they call Starworld. In Starworld, they find hilarious adventures, kindness and understanding, and the magic of being seen for who they really are. But when Sam’s feelings for Zoe turn into something more, will the universe they’ve built survive the inevitable explosion?
In a novel in two voices, a popular teen and an artistic loner forge an unlikely bond — and create an entire universe — via texts. But how long before the real world invades Starworld?
Review:
To be honest the cover is pretty but overall I am not too sure about this book. I kind of feel as though I’m stuck between deciding if I like it, or if it wasn’t interesting at all.
I think the premise of this story was good but at the same time this was really overdone. Let’s think of all the issues one person can have and let’s double it and give it to these two characters. It gave it an unrealistic feel and it carried on through the plot of the story as well.
The pace of the story was really slow. And I mean really slow. At points I found myself daydreaming about pizza before I had to refocus and dive back into the story again.
I really did find myself relating to Sam or Zoe at all. I thought they were a little bland.
While I write this I really struggle to think of something that was a plus for me… maybe I really wasn’t a fan of this book after all…
Rating: 2/5
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763697563