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A review by jennas_shelf
Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman
4.0
Thank you to Berkley and Netgalley for this advanced copy through the #BerkleyBesties program. All thoughts are my own.
This was my first book of Abbi Waxman's, but she has been on my radar for a while. I'm glad I was given the opportunity to read this book as I was surprised by how much I liked it!
Christa Liddle is the youngest daughter of Jasper Liddle, a famed zoologist that was the star of hit docu-series Jasper Liddle's Big World in the '90s. Her family was thrust into the spotlight when Jasper was lost and presumed dead after an airplane crash in the Alaskan wilderness. After a tumultuous childhood in Hollywood, Christa has retreated to a remote island in the Indian Ocean to focus on her scientific studies. But one day, Jasper appears out of thin air, alive and well after two decades, and Christa has to return home to have the spotlight on her and her family once again.
This was a pretty bingeable read. Imagine if Steve Irwin showed up alive after all this time and the insanity that would ensue, and you have this as a novel. I loved the Liddle women and their inability to put up with the shenanigans surrounding their family, but I especially loved the B plot of the romance between Christa and childhood friend Nate. It had just the right amount of romance where I wouldn't define this book as a romance book, but had enough to keep me interested in that subplot. Overall, I really enjoyed this concept of Christa figuratively "coming out of her shell" to embrace her role in her family after hiding away for so many years.
I definitely plan on picking up Abbi's backlist as well as keeping an eye out for any future releases!
This was my first book of Abbi Waxman's, but she has been on my radar for a while. I'm glad I was given the opportunity to read this book as I was surprised by how much I liked it!
Christa Liddle is the youngest daughter of Jasper Liddle, a famed zoologist that was the star of hit docu-series Jasper Liddle's Big World in the '90s. Her family was thrust into the spotlight when Jasper was lost and presumed dead after an airplane crash in the Alaskan wilderness. After a tumultuous childhood in Hollywood, Christa has retreated to a remote island in the Indian Ocean to focus on her scientific studies. But one day, Jasper appears out of thin air, alive and well after two decades, and Christa has to return home to have the spotlight on her and her family once again.
This was a pretty bingeable read. Imagine if Steve Irwin showed up alive after all this time and the insanity that would ensue, and you have this as a novel. I loved the Liddle women and their inability to put up with the shenanigans surrounding their family, but I especially loved the B plot of the romance between Christa and childhood friend Nate. It had just the right amount of romance where I wouldn't define this book as a romance book, but had enough to keep me interested in that subplot. Overall, I really enjoyed this concept of Christa figuratively "coming out of her shell" to embrace her role in her family after hiding away for so many years.
I definitely plan on picking up Abbi's backlist as well as keeping an eye out for any future releases!