by Shannon Hale
Josie was a big deal in high school. A beautiful singer, she always had the lead role and the adoration of the teacher-director in the school plays. He adored her acting so much, he convinced her to head to Broadway to test her luck. So she quit school, packed her bags, and found out that making it on Broadway is much more difficult than she imagined. Now she is in Montana as a nanny for a little girl and spending her time with her nose in a book.
Literally. Because when she opens a book, she actually becomes one of the characters in the book and gets swept up in the action. She starts to look forward to these out-of-reality moments and living her dreams. She meets two people in the books and they become more friends than the ones she is ignoring in real life. And it is getting harder to return to the real world.
While I’m a fan of Shannon Hale, I am not a fan of this book. It felt chaotic and disorganized. This is particularly true of the relationship with her boyfriend. Are they together? Is he losing interest? Does she really care? What about the people in her life now? Pretty much a shrug to me.
