The word is out...
BROOKS MANDEVILLE, quarterback: Friday is the homecoming game and dance. It is a very big deal.
NATALIE WAGNER, marching band clarinet: Our band's halftime show performances are legendary, even if our football team isn't.
CINTHIA ALVAREZ, Academic Battle team member: Our Academic Battle team has won five years in a row. This Friday, it'll be six.
TANNER ERICKSEN, sophomore class candidate for vice president: Holly has to win the election for class president this Friday!
HOLLY CARPENTER, cheerleader, Academic Battle team member, class president candidate: Friday? Everything is on Friday? How can I be in three places at once?
COLIN VON KOHORN, editor-in-chief of the Prepster: This kind of scheduling incompetence could only have come straight from the top.
ANGELICA HUTCHERSON, reporter-at-large: I talked to everyone and my article is going to crack this story wide open...
This is what happens on the wildest day in the history of high school! (Pub Date: Sep 12, 2017)
This was daringly hilarious! I may have rounded the rating up to 4 stars but I don't think it was even a 3.5. Maybe 3.8?
This is a transcript for the oral history of how a chaotic day when the three main events of a school came to happen all on the same date. Actually, four events but no one really remembers that theater exists. And Angelica is set on writing the best article about it so Colin won't reject her story once more from running on the school paper.
The style selected to portray this story was quite daring. Just like you see in the synopsis, the book is all written as if we were reading oral statements from everyone involved.
I confess it took me long to get used to the writing but when I finally warmed up to it, the story had already grabbed me.
And we have it all. We have a mystery that keeps going deeper, schemes going on backstage, small clues here and there. I'm a big fan of romance but it got to a point I didn't care if there was going to be one—there is, though. The book managed to wrap all that in a perfect way, too. (I do confess I was cheering for Angelica to end up with the other guy but no spoilers here).
If you want a pleasing read hard to put down and that will have you go "oh!" with every clue that pop up, this is it for you. This was quirky and clever. Looking forward for anything decides to release next!
Honest review based on an ARC provided by Edelweiss. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.
Rating: 4 out of 5.
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