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Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Seriously. Emma Mills is one of the best authors when it comes to contemporaries.๐ฅฐ
I have yet to find one I didn’t likeโalthough I probably shouldn’t jinx it. Nope that’s impossible. I can’t imagine hating one of her books.๐
Sophie and her friends are part of their small town school’s band and they’ve been chosen to march in the upcoming Rose parade. Of course, Sophie wants to be able to get them all the way to Los Angeles, but the problem is that they need to be able to fundraise enough money for their town’s festival.
Megan Pleasant is a super famous singer that came from their town, Acadia, so Sophie’s hoping that she can get Megan to sing at the festival. Little does she know that Megan will never come backโฆโฆ..
What I love most about her books are the relationships between her characters, especially the friendship between the MC and side characters. Sophie, Brit, Flora, Terrance, and Dash all have such a beautiful friendship together. They all even made their own group char called, “Where Would You Spend Eternity?” and every time someone would ask that, another would have to answer. The answers were taken really seriously too most of the time.
New guy, August, comes to town and soon he’s starting to fit in with their group. August was such a sweet and quiet guy. Perfect for Sophie, who’s all caring and truthful.๐
Oh and the bantering between them all was so funny.๐
August grinned. โDoes she have a song about murder? Or one that implies having witnessed a murder?โ
Britโs eyes widened. โShe does actually.โ
โReally?โ
โYeah. โMurder Creek Murder: The Knife Is Behind That Rock.โโ
โOkay, you were the one who suggested murderโโ
โThereโs a follow-up single too,โ I said. โItโs called โRemember the Time There Was That Murder? I Do, and It Haunts Me.โโ
โBy Megan Pleasant,โ Brit continued. โAll rights reserved. People and events represented are entirely fictional, except for the murderโthat partโs real.โ
Though they all sometimes fight with each other, in the end they’ll stick up for the other when their in need of help. Brit acted like a huge jerk to Sophie, and I didn’t like her for awhile, but she really is such a good friend.๐ฅบ Especially with what she said to August:
โEverythingโs important to Sophie. She cries when people get voted off reality shows.โ She shook her head. โBut she would never let you see her crying when someone gets voted off a reality show, because then you might feel sad or uncomfortable, and she doesnโt want anyone to feel anything less than happy all the time. Sheโs โฆ the strongest person Iโve ever known.โ
August paused. โIs that a joke?โ
โWhat about her would make you think that was a joke?โ
โNot Sophie, you. You just โฆ usually make jokes.โ
โI can take shit seriously,โ she said. โI would jump off a bridge if she asked me to. Because I know she wouldnโt ask without a really good reason.โ
Awwww that’s true friendship right there.๐ฅฐ
SPOILERS BELOW:
You have been warnedโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆ
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I was super shocked when it was revealed that Sophie’s older sister, Ciara, was DEAD this whole time throughout the book?!!!??? In between the chapters before, there’d be texting between Sophie and Ciara —-> it made it look like it was happening in the present!!! NEVER would I have thought that these were all texts that happened in the past.
Reading the news that she died many years ago got me so sad.๐๐ญ
Poor Sophie.๐ฅบ
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SPOILERS END HERE!!!!
Although Foolish Hearts will forever remain my favourite contemporary of hers, I really liked this! I can and will not ever get over the relationships in her books.๐
She leaned in, dropping down to a whisper: โWhere will you spend eternity?โ
โI donโt know where, but I know how.โ
โHm?โ
โHow Iโll spend it.โ
โAnd howโs that?”
โLoving you guys,โ I said, taking her hand and giving it a squeeze.
๐๐๐๐ฅ’๐ค ๐ช๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ช ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐? ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ!๐