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Foolish Hearts
by Emma Mills
This was such a witty, fun YA about an introverted gaming girl, Claudia, whose life takes a different turn after she accidentally overhears rich Iris and popular Paige break up.
Somehow she is forced by this to be involved with costumes for a production of Midsummer's Night Dream with caustic Iris, and discovers a love for a band boy group called BTS--er actually TION-- and expands her friendship group from one to like six people.
Claudia is a bit scarred from a break up with a boy earlier in high school who just called her "regular" and so she thinks that's all she is. But her "regular" is a kind of decency that doesn't allow her to leave Iris, clearly hurting, alone, and means the boy playing Oberon, Gideon Prewitt, who has an instagram following and is known for weird dances, quippy sayings, friendliness, and loving Connect 4 also sees something in her because he keeps turning up wherever she is-- at the play and online in the game Claudia has heretofore only shared with her one friend and her siblings.
There's no major drama, only a little manipulation by an insecure queen bee-wannabee, and mostly its about Claudia learning to open herself to new experiences. What makes this oh so much fun to read is that Claudia and her friends are witty and funny and not afraid to veer into geeky territory. Like this whole line about "needing a gps to find your way out of Gideon's eyes" because she can get lost in them.
It's just fun (and safe) to hang around with them. And while there are a few slightly unbelievable miscues such as her brother being weirdly vulnerable and open to saying "I love her" to Claudia, me wanting to bash Claudia over the head at believing the queen bee's obviously interfering information despite the overwhelming evidence Gideon is a good guy, those were small blips.
This is a great, kissing-only YA, queer-positive in an accepted-as-normal kind of way story that kids who love theater and online gaming will see themselves represented in a positive way.
Somehow she is forced by this to be involved with costumes for a production of Midsummer's Night Dream with caustic Iris, and discovers a love for a band boy group called BTS--er actually TION-- and expands her friendship group from one to like six people.
Claudia is a bit scarred from a break up with a boy earlier in high school who just called her "regular" and so she thinks that's all she is. But her "regular" is a kind of decency that doesn't allow her to leave Iris, clearly hurting, alone, and means the boy playing Oberon, Gideon Prewitt, who has an instagram following and is known for weird dances, quippy sayings, friendliness, and loving Connect 4 also sees something in her because he keeps turning up wherever she is-- at the play and online in the game Claudia has heretofore only shared with her one friend and her siblings.
There's no major drama, only a little manipulation by an insecure queen bee-wannabee, and mostly its about Claudia learning to open herself to new experiences. What makes this oh so much fun to read is that Claudia and her friends are witty and funny and not afraid to veer into geeky territory. Like this whole line about "needing a gps to find your way out of Gideon's eyes" because she can get lost in them.
It's just fun (and safe) to hang around with them. And while there are a few slightly unbelievable miscues such as her brother being weirdly vulnerable and open to saying "I love her" to Claudia, me wanting to bash Claudia over the head at believing the queen bee's obviously interfering information despite the overwhelming evidence Gideon is a good guy, those were small blips.
This is a great, kissing-only YA, queer-positive in an accepted-as-normal kind of way story that kids who love theater and online gaming will see themselves represented in a positive way.