This book is Sonia Hartl's second YA book- and it does not seem like it. This book has all of the things that kids and adults love about YA: intrigue, dynamic family structure, love, and deceit. This book is a perfect summer romance: think Gilmore Girls meets Gossip Girl in modern day. The twists that are introduced by Hartl are unexpected and very believable.In an age of social media, it is not difficult to imagine how we would all react to a viral twitter feed that documents a strangers perspective on a meet cute and how they can manipulate reality. This story follows Macy as she lives through the most complicated week of her life, beginning on a high note of bringing her mom to a Royals baseball game and meeting a boy while there, to the lows of being publicly slut shamed for something she never did. This story shows both sides of viral stardom how it can help some people and damage others. While exploring such important issues of the digital age, the author also allows the readers to see what love really looks like in a person's true moment of need. Macy does not know how she will follow her dreams if this viral twitter feed follows her forever, and how messy life can get because of social media. This was truly a quick, fun book to read. I would suggest it to any of my students who wanted a little romance and a little reality to spice things up for a great read. I wish it came out over the summer for kids to enjoy! Not Your #Lovestory by Sonia Hartl comes out in September of 2020.
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