Those questions are probably getting too personal to actually have answered, but I was pleasantly surprised at how much this book blew my mind. But Annabelle’s struggle to be her own person throughout the book creates a jaunting idea… Lucy Keating wrote herself into the story, so what does that mean for her feelings toward herself? She wrote herself to be the antagonist, but does this speak to her feelings about her own life? But what I found so interesting and different about this book, is not just its self-awareness, but also its ability to be both a contemporary romance and some variation on magical realism.Īfter I finished it I started to question everything about the story - not something I was expecting from a fairly short seemingly straightforward book. Needless to say, I walked straight from the store to Washington Square Park, plopped down on a blanket in the shade, and didn’t put this book down until I had finished reading it.Ī very meta bookish story, this is a love letter to readers and writers. I couldn’t not whip out my wallet and dish out the $3 to get this in my hands.

Literally has been on my radar since before it even came out, yet like so many others, it got swept aside by my busy life… until I stumbled upon it at Housing Works a few days ago. The real Lucy Keating’s delightful contemporary romance is the perfect follow-up for readers who loved her debut novel, which School Library Journal called “a sweet, quirky romance with appealing characters.” Will she find a way to write her own story-or will Lucy Keating have the last word? And Lucy has a plan for her.īut Annabelle doesn’t want to live a life where everything she does is already plotted out. It turns out that Annabelle is a character that Lucy Keating created. Then bestselling young adult author Lucy Keating announces that she’s writing a new novel-and Annabelle is the heroine. YA > Contemporary, Magical Realism, Romanceįrom the author of Dreamology comes a young adult love story that blurs the line between reality and fiction…Īnnabelle’s life has always been Perfect with a capital P. Published April 11th, 2017, by HarperTeen.

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