Adriane S. (myhotstylist) reviewed on
Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed this YA/(slightly paranormal) book.
Meet Jade Leigh, one of 4 of the goth kids at her school. After a squabble with her teacher, she ends up in the principals office and is told she will wait until tomorrow to get her punishment. She meets Clarik, the new kid at the office. Mercedes, (queen bee-barbie of the school) is rumored to have gotten into a fight with her friends over Clarik.
The next day both Mercedes and Jade are told they will endure their punishment together. They are taken to a remote lab, strapped down to a machine and injected with something that puts them to sleep. When they wake up they realize nothing is the same. All the preppy kids are now goths, and Jade is now the Queen Bee. Jade's former goth friends are now preppy, and considered the freaks of the school. However, Clarik is still a mystery because he seems to still be the same.
Jade and Mercedes figure out they have been put into a virtual reality game, but everything seems entirely too real. Their principal is missing. Now they must work together to figure a way out of the game and learn their lessons on acceptance of others, and to stop hating. The basic moral of the story was to "live and let live"
The end had a twist I was not expecting. Overall it was a happy ending.
This was a great story and I found that I really like Gena Showalter's writing style.
Meet Jade Leigh, one of 4 of the goth kids at her school. After a squabble with her teacher, she ends up in the principals office and is told she will wait until tomorrow to get her punishment. She meets Clarik, the new kid at the office. Mercedes, (queen bee-barbie of the school) is rumored to have gotten into a fight with her friends over Clarik.
The next day both Mercedes and Jade are told they will endure their punishment together. They are taken to a remote lab, strapped down to a machine and injected with something that puts them to sleep. When they wake up they realize nothing is the same. All the preppy kids are now goths, and Jade is now the Queen Bee. Jade's former goth friends are now preppy, and considered the freaks of the school. However, Clarik is still a mystery because he seems to still be the same.
Jade and Mercedes figure out they have been put into a virtual reality game, but everything seems entirely too real. Their principal is missing. Now they must work together to figure a way out of the game and learn their lessons on acceptance of others, and to stop hating. The basic moral of the story was to "live and let live"
The end had a twist I was not expecting. Overall it was a happy ending.
This was a great story and I found that I really like Gena Showalter's writing style.
