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Synopsis:

Rudy is a street artist; Clementine is a poet. The day after Rudy sneaks out late one night and posts her first piece of artwork, Clem discovers it, awestruck. She takes a photo, writes a poem in response and posts them together on Instagram. Soon the two fifteen-year-olds meet and begin their unique friendship, one that nurtures creativity and results in a special creative collaboration. The girls may be from very different backgrounds, and experiencing difficulties at home, but each strives to be true to herself and follow her dreams

Review:

I don’t think this was my cup of tea or maybe I wasn’t in the right headspace when I read it? I’m not sure but regardless it just wasn’t as amazing as I thought it would be?

Basically Rudy is a student living in Brighton and works in a vegetarian café whilst being a media street artist. Browsing social media she comes across someone who created a poem based around her street art. The poem creator Clementine is from the posh side of Brighton who goes by Clem.

While there was activism, friendship and feminism, it felt like the whole thing was forced and didn’t make the story flow and the characters were just meh and boring. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. However credit where credit is due the writing was beautiful but unfortunately the remainder of it, just wasn’t for me!

Rating: 2.5/5

Publisher: Walker Books

ISBN: 9781406390230