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A review by chrissymcbooknerd
Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski
5.0
ADORABLE!
Have I mentioned before that Sarah Mlynowski is the queen of adorable young adult fiction? If not, let's say it again! ADORABLE!
I picked up GIMME A CALL after reading Mlynowski's MAGIC IN MANHATTAN series. I had no idea what this one was about -- but I knew it would be cute. And, I certainly was not disappointed.
Devi, a high school senior, wasted most of her teenage years in a relationship with Bryan -- a cute, sweet, gorgeous boy who breaks her heart and dumps her senior year. Looking back, Devi realizes that she gave up good grades and great friendships for Bryan, spending all of her time hanging out with her boyfriend rather than studying or keeping up with the girls that have always been there for her. So now Devi is awaiting a future in a mediocre college totally alone. Why did she waste her high school years with a relationship that wouldn't even last?
One day Devi drops her phone in a fountain and realizes that it will only dial her own number -- except, someone answers the phone! It's Devi, as a freshman -- right before the downward spiral of Bryan began.
So senior Devi comes up with a fantastic plan. She will mentor her younger self, steering her away from Bryan and towards all of the extra-curricular activities and study groups that will set her on the right path to a scholarship to a top notch university. Then, she'll get freshman Devi to spend more time with her friends to ensure that senior Devi isn't spending her last days of high school alone. While she's at it, freshman Devi can even solve a few problems for some friends -- steering one friend away from the gymnastics team that led to years of disordered eating and keeping another friend from starting a relationship with a guy that would end in disaster. Why not save the world while saving her own future, right?
But senior Devi soon learns that every small instruction to her freshman self completely alterates the future in unexpected and often unexplainable ways, leaving Devi to wonder if it's even worth it to try and rewrite the past. Is it better to have love and lost than to never have loved at all?
Like I said, GIMME A CALL is utterly adorable, engrossing, entertaining, and loads of fun. I read the entire book in a single sitting and I couldn't wait to see how everything ended. I adore stories with time travel and I love young adult chick lit -- so this was a perfect combination of the two.
If you love Sarah Mlynowski, cute chick lit, light-hearted time travel, or teenage tribulations, definitely give this one a try. You won't be disappointed!
Have I mentioned before that Sarah Mlynowski is the queen of adorable young adult fiction? If not, let's say it again! ADORABLE!
I picked up GIMME A CALL after reading Mlynowski's MAGIC IN MANHATTAN series. I had no idea what this one was about -- but I knew it would be cute. And, I certainly was not disappointed.
Devi, a high school senior, wasted most of her teenage years in a relationship with Bryan -- a cute, sweet, gorgeous boy who breaks her heart and dumps her senior year. Looking back, Devi realizes that she gave up good grades and great friendships for Bryan, spending all of her time hanging out with her boyfriend rather than studying or keeping up with the girls that have always been there for her. So now Devi is awaiting a future in a mediocre college totally alone. Why did she waste her high school years with a relationship that wouldn't even last?
One day Devi drops her phone in a fountain and realizes that it will only dial her own number -- except, someone answers the phone! It's Devi, as a freshman -- right before the downward spiral of Bryan began.
So senior Devi comes up with a fantastic plan. She will mentor her younger self, steering her away from Bryan and towards all of the extra-curricular activities and study groups that will set her on the right path to a scholarship to a top notch university. Then, she'll get freshman Devi to spend more time with her friends to ensure that senior Devi isn't spending her last days of high school alone. While she's at it, freshman Devi can even solve a few problems for some friends -- steering one friend away from the gymnastics team that led to years of disordered eating and keeping another friend from starting a relationship with a guy that would end in disaster. Why not save the world while saving her own future, right?
But senior Devi soon learns that every small instruction to her freshman self completely alterates the future in unexpected and often unexplainable ways, leaving Devi to wonder if it's even worth it to try and rewrite the past. Is it better to have love and lost than to never have loved at all?
Like I said, GIMME A CALL is utterly adorable, engrossing, entertaining, and loads of fun. I read the entire book in a single sitting and I couldn't wait to see how everything ended. I adore stories with time travel and I love young adult chick lit -- so this was a perfect combination of the two.
If you love Sarah Mlynowski, cute chick lit, light-hearted time travel, or teenage tribulations, definitely give this one a try. You won't be disappointed!