Review: Kind of a Big Deal

 Review: Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale

From Shannon Hale, bestselling author of Austenland, comes Kind of a Big Deal: a hilarious, madcap story that will suck you in―literally.

There's nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie.

She was kind of a big deal―she dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead.

Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck? Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading.

Literally. She reads a book and suddenly she's inside it. And with each book, she’s a different character: a post-apocalyptic heroine, the lead in a YA rom-com, a 17th century wench in a corset.

It’s alarming. But also . . . kind of amazing?

It’s the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape.

Will Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever?

-summary and cover via Goodreads

Mini Review: I really enjoyed reading this! I went into this book thinking what it would be, but it surprised me on multiple occasions. They were good surprises! And this book had a twist towards the end, that I did not see coming, which I loved! (Honestly, most of the time I see twists coming in books, which I don't mind, because it doesn't keep me from enjoying it. But it is always nice when a book manages to surprise me with a twist!) I don't want to say much more, because I don't want to spoil it for anyone! But I definitely recommend reading this YA book!

I received an e-ARC of this book from the publisher.