After a (subjective) stumble with Shut Out, Kody Keplinger and her relatable, snappy, and thoroughly modern characters are back on track with the impressive A MIDSUMMERS NIGHTMARE, a short but fulfilling book full of the swift pace and dialogue, realistic emotions, and charged moments that made readers fans of her writing in the first place.
A MIDSUMMERS NIGHTMARE has a premise that could be the stuff of soap operas: hooking up with your soon-to-be stepbrother?? Gasp!! But Kody Keplinger pulls off the story without a hitch, without it rolling into the land of melodrama. While perhaps not everyone is like Whitley, we can certainly relate to her frustration over surprises being sprung on her, the deep hurt she carries over her changing relationships with people in her life. Though Whitley might be brasher, sexier, and sassier than well ever be, she never becomes a caricature, and I was firmly rooting for Whitley the whole time.
If you liked The Duff (never mind what you felt about Shut Out), then do for your enjoyment pick up A MIDSUMMERS NIGHTMARE and bask in the post-reading glow of having immersed yourself in a smart contemporary YA drama.
A MIDSUMMERS NIGHTMARE has a premise that could be the stuff of soap operas: hooking up with your soon-to-be stepbrother?? Gasp!! But Kody Keplinger pulls off the story without a hitch, without it rolling into the land of melodrama. While perhaps not everyone is like Whitley, we can certainly relate to her frustration over surprises being sprung on her, the deep hurt she carries over her changing relationships with people in her life. Though Whitley might be brasher, sexier, and sassier than well ever be, she never becomes a caricature, and I was firmly rooting for Whitley the whole time.
If you liked The Duff (never mind what you felt about Shut Out), then do for your enjoyment pick up A MIDSUMMERS NIGHTMARE and bask in the post-reading glow of having immersed yourself in a smart contemporary YA drama.
