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The Sound of Us by Julie Hammerle
5.0
IF you're a fan of pop culture references and TV Twitter, you'll love this book as much as I did. The writing was very easy to read and made me fly through the book! I found myself immersed in the story and couldn't put it down. We follow a fat main character, Kiki who is used to hiding in her room and talking to her Twitter friends about her favorite show, Project Earth. She is accepted to Krause for opera singing camp and learns a lot about herself. She's stuck trying to overcome what her sister missed out on, holding high standards from her parents to get the scholarship at the end of the summer. This story is also about trustworthiness when their Opera teacher picks students to spy and tattle on those who are disobeying the rules such as partying, drinking alcohol, singing music other than opera and staying out late. The game of trust really plays into Kiki and her new friends.
I related to Kiki on a deep level because she experiences social anxiety, like me. She was constantly overthinking things and I couldn't relate to that enough!! She experiences friendship ups and downs, having never been kissed falls into a romance with a fellow Project Earth fan and a golfer. She plays golf, too. Kiki has easily became one of my favorite characters!
Kiki learns valuable life lessons from her time at camp, her story is really a whirlwind. Music is really the heart of this story and I learned a lot about music and opera from Kiki's story. This book is very empowering and full of body positivity!!! I flew threw this novel and I loved every minute of it.
I related to Kiki on a deep level because she experiences social anxiety, like me. She was constantly overthinking things and I couldn't relate to that enough!! She experiences friendship ups and downs, having never been kissed falls into a romance with a fellow Project Earth fan and a golfer. She plays golf, too. Kiki has easily became one of my favorite characters!
Kiki learns valuable life lessons from her time at camp, her story is really a whirlwind. Music is really the heart of this story and I learned a lot about music and opera from Kiki's story. This book is very empowering and full of body positivity!!! I flew threw this novel and I loved every minute of it.