I am shaking in my boots because I got a copy of E. Lockhart's new book, Genuine Fraud, which comes out September 5, 2017. I had the opportunity to go to the North Texas Teen Book festival this past weekend and I literally had the time of my life! I love meeting fellow fans and chatting with authors about their lovely thoughts over literature. Anyway, I went to the First In Line Book Buzz Panel where they discussed new YA books they were excited for this year, and I almost fainted when E. Lockhart's book popped up on screen and nearly had a heart attack when they said we were getting an ARC like what? So major shoutout to the First In Line girls I love you both with all my heart <3
Basically, the story is about Jule and Imogen and it is told backwards, so the story begins with what happened and progressively tells the story of how they got into this situation. This storytelling is very interesting to me and got easier to follow once you were in it, but there were points where I had to think back to what happened near the beginning to truly understand the moment before. Anyway, it is basically about these girls and a mystery of what happened to Imogen. I feel like I am going to give too much away because the beginning and end are two of the same thing.
I'm not going to spoil but I am giving away my thoughts. This book reminds me of With Malice by Eileen Cook because it has a dark, suspenseful twist. Genuine Fraud is intense. Each chapter is revealing a key element to understanding the beginning of the book. As the YA genre grows, I love seeing the different ways of storytelling and E. Lockhart does a great job of finding another way to tell a interesting story. The end is always my favorite part about a book and the fact that the first couple pages are the end is fascinating because now it is what happens to make the beginning so special. (I hope that made sense lol!) This is a great book club read because the ending of the book is mind twisty. I read it with a friend and we both are still trying to interpret how. We are shook is all I am going to say. There is a great plot to this and it is very mysterious as to what happens, so if you are into thrillers and chaos I would suggest this book, but even if you aren't I still suggest this book because I think there will be a different ending for everyone who reads it!
I'm going to blog about my trip to NTTBF later and discuss all the authors and friends I met. I hope you buy E. Lockhart's book in September and then come back and talk about it!
Much Love,
Channy
