Ahoy, lovely readers!
This post takes a break from the
regular travel stuff I`ve been talking about. Time to get back to my blog`s
roots. With some new good books!
I`m especially honored to bring
you today`s fiction feature!
Best
Friends…Forever? (Landry’s True Colors Series) by Krysten Lindsay Hager
Good friends have your back, but some go
behind it.
Landry Albright
hopes the new year will start off in an amazing way—instead she has to deal
with more frenemy issues, boy drama, and having most of her best friends make
the cheerleading squad without her. Suddenly, it seems like all anyone can talk
about is starting high school next year—something she finds terrifying.
Landry
gets her first boyfriend, but then gets dumped just as things come to a head
with her friends. She feels lost and left out, but finds good advice about
dealing with frenemies from what she considers an unlikely source. Landry faces
having to speak up for what’s right, tell the truth (even when it hurts), and
how to get past the fear of failure as she gets another shot at competing in
the American Ingénue modeling
competition.
I
am extremely eager to talk to you about the sequel to True Colors, especially since I did one of my first reviews on the
first book! Krysten also does a stellar job writing stories that inspire tweens
everywhere and hit very close to home for us who remember how awkward and
difficult being a teenage girl was!
But enough of my gushing, let Best Friends…Forever? do the talking for me!
But enough of my gushing, let Best Friends…Forever? do the talking for me!
I got ready for
bed and then stopped to check my social media page one more time and that's
when I saw it — another picture of Peyton, India, and Devon hanging out. They
were sitting on the couch with their heads scrunched close together and
laughing. It was a cute picture, but then I saw the caption: So glad we could
all be together for the holidays. Love these guys soooo much! Best friends
forever. #Alltogether #Threemusketeers #BestFriendsForever #ThreeBestFriends
#ThreesCompany.
My heart sank.
It was India’s caption and anyone who read it would think what a close‑knit
group of friends and not realize anyone was missing from that photo. Sure, I
was in another state, so naturally I couldn’t be there for it, but the way
India wrote that made me feel so left out. I mean, what did she mean by the
"ʺThree’s Company"ʺ hashtag? And sometimes people tagged friends who
weren’t there in pictures and added, "ʺWish you were here,"ʺ but
there was no mention of a fourth member of the group.
“Ready for bed,
hon?” Mom asked coming into my room.
“Yeah, just
signing off.”
“Okay, sleep
well.”
I got into bed
and hoped I was reading into things, but the knot in my stomach wouldn’t go
away.
And
if that`s not enough to bring you back to the teenage struggle…
“Landry, it’s gotta be so awkward for you to
be going to Vladi’s school next year,” Tori said. “I mean, what if you run into
him during the tour?"
"It’s a
huge place,ʺ Ashanti said. “People break up all the time. It’s not a big deal.ʺ
Tori raised her
eyebrows as if to say, “Yeah, right,” and went back to her sandwich. Meanwhile
my delicious homemade soup was no longer sitting well. It never occurred to me
Vladi might be around during the first pre‑freshman tour. I would be mortified
if I ran into him and he was with a girl. Or worse yet, running into him, and
he was with Yasmin. Plus, I hadn’t told my mom about the breakup, so if she saw
him, she’d probably go over to talk to him. I could already imagine it: “Landry,
Vladi’s here! Hon? Why are you hiding behind the garbage can? Your boyfriend,
Vladi, is here. Come say, ‘hello.’ Stop trying to run away. Why is everyone
laughing and pointing at you and calling you a ‘loser dumpee?’ What does that
mean?”
Well, maybe the
world would end and I wouldn’t have to deal with high school or Vladi and my
mother running into each other.
****
Sadly, the world
did not end, and on Thursday, we all had to go to the high school for a
freshman information night from 6 to 9 p.m.
Let`s
learn a little about our wonderful author, shall we?
Krysten Lindsay
Hager is an author and book addict who has never met a bookstore she didn’t
like. She’s worked as a journalist and also writes middle grade, YA, humor
essays, and adult fiction. Best
Friends…Forever? is the second book in the Landry’s True Colors series. True
Colors was her international bestselling debut novel from Clean Reads. She
is originally from Michigan and has lived in South Dakota, Portugal, and
currently resides in Southern Ohio where you can find her reading and writing
when she’s not catching up on her favorite TV shows. She received her master’s
in American Culture from the University of Michigan-Flint.
And if you still need a reason to
start reading the True Colors series,
here`s what people are saying about the first novel:
From Teenage Book Recommendations in the UK: "This is a
fantastically relatable and real book which I feel captures all of the
insecurities and troubles which haunt the modern teenage girl. It is about a
young model who has to go through tough times when she is torn between a life
as a model and managing her friendships. You learn which friends she can most
trust and which will create the drama typical of teenage life. Follow the life
of Landry and try to see if you can find out which are her true friends before
their true colours are revealed. This book is all about relationships, hopes
and truth. I loved this book!"
From Books & Authors Spot: “This book is such an inspiration
for those who just care about their looks and are tensed about them. This thing
is looks aren't everything. This book is related to every teen's problem. Hager
has written a very inspiring novel.”
You can buy Best Friends…Forever? at these links below!
Amazon international: http://authl.it/B00UIP1N5S
Barnesandnoble.com: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/krysten-lindsay-hager
And be sure to talk to Krysten
and keep up on all True Colors news
at these sites:
Website: http://www.krystenlindsay.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/krystenlindsay
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KrystenLindsay
Well, that’s it for now! Lots of exciting things are happening in Japan
right now, so stay tuned for more travel news and book updates. Still working
hard on Reverie! Until then, keep
readin and dreamin!
-Fred
Thank you so much for having me on today!
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