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A review by bookwormbunny
The Princess of Baker Street by Mia Kerick
5.0
The Princess of Baker Street is a YA story about a young boy, Eric, and his friend. Joey Kinkaid was assigned the gender of "boy" at birth, but he feels that he was born into the wrong form. As children, Joey played with her friends and there weren't any problems. But with growth comes change, and with change comes nothing but trouble as the author shows us in this story.
The Princess of Baker Street by Mia Kerick is the first book that I have read by this author and I found this story to be gripping and heart-rending at the same time. The story is told from the first person perspective of Eric, Joey's friend. I'm torn by this story. Eric has his own problems. His mother is here today, gone tomorrow until it gets to the point of where...she's just gone. She's living with her new boyfriend and has left Eric alone. Eric is dealing with non-existent home life while at the same time he is confronted with the bullying of Joey. Joey didn't ask to be different. She just is. The story focuses mostly on Eric and how he keeps to himself when at school and shies away from trying to be there for Joey.
I can't help but be disappointed in Eric for shunning Joey. On one hand...I get it. School is a tough environment and kids are so swept up in trying to be "cool" or not get bullied themselves. I just wanted more from him. But I feel that this book is pretty on point with how children are. I will admit that I don't approve of some of the language used in this book since I feel that it is a YA book, but I get it that kids do use such language. This book honestly paints a realistic picture of the world today.
At the end of the day, I'm rating this book 5 out of 5 stars. It's a fictional story, but this book is extremely eye-opening at the end of the day. While the blurb makes the story sound like it focuses predominantly on Joey, the story is more about Eric witnessing his friend's bullying and refusing to step up until he reaches a breaking point. I do encourage other people to read this book. I think that it will be a good read.
The Princess of Baker Street by Mia Kerick is the first book that I have read by this author and I found this story to be gripping and heart-rending at the same time. The story is told from the first person perspective of Eric, Joey's friend. I'm torn by this story. Eric has his own problems. His mother is here today, gone tomorrow until it gets to the point of where...she's just gone. She's living with her new boyfriend and has left Eric alone. Eric is dealing with non-existent home life while at the same time he is confronted with the bullying of Joey. Joey didn't ask to be different. She just is. The story focuses mostly on Eric and how he keeps to himself when at school and shies away from trying to be there for Joey.
I can't help but be disappointed in Eric for shunning Joey. On one hand...I get it. School is a tough environment and kids are so swept up in trying to be "cool" or not get bullied themselves. I just wanted more from him. But I feel that this book is pretty on point with how children are. I will admit that I don't approve of some of the language used in this book since I feel that it is a YA book, but I get it that kids do use such language. This book honestly paints a realistic picture of the world today.
At the end of the day, I'm rating this book 5 out of 5 stars. It's a fictional story, but this book is extremely eye-opening at the end of the day. While the blurb makes the story sound like it focuses predominantly on Joey, the story is more about Eric witnessing his friend's bullying and refusing to step up until he reaches a breaking point. I do encourage other people to read this book. I think that it will be a good read.