

How does this woman honestly come up with these ideas?Įmily was a successful character, as was Fiona.

That was diverse compared to most contemporary-romances, just like The List was when I read it a few years back. I love the feeling that Emily had to art and how passionate she was to succeed and be unique. Some would've made this into a cliché disaster where we actually begin to question who we are ourselves and laugh at the stupidity. Yeah, the concept was pretty awesome if you ask me, and only certain authors can actually do it right.

There she makes a few enemies who then turn into friends and explore her life while she changes and moves on to the person who she really is deep inside, at the same time as falling in love and being happy. She’s passionate with painting, but she doesn't feel like she’s that big of a professional compared to the other people in her class. And the line between right and wrong can be a little blurry.Įmily signs up for an art program during the summer in Philadelphia, the nearest big city to her small town. Boys can be both mysterious and predictable.

And while the rules may change, the pressures remain the same. As Emily bounces between a suburb where everyone tries to fit in and a city where everyone wants to be unique, she struggles to find her own identity. So when offered a spot at a prestigious art program in Philadelphia, Emily jumps at the chance to leave her hometown for a few hours a day.īut it takes more than a change of scenery and a new group of friends to discover yourself. Now that her best friend has a boyfriend, everything feels different in a way she doesn't quite understand. The last thing Emily wants is another summer of tanning and pool hopping in Cherry Grove. Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Romance Publication: November 25, 2014, by Scholastic
