by Sarah Mlynowski
Kindle Edition, 336 pages
March 11th 2014
by Delacorte Press
ARC from Netgalley
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We weren't always like this. We used to be average New York City high school sophomores. Until our homeroom went for flu shots. We were prepared for some side effects. Maybe a headache. Maybe a sore arm. We definitely didn't expect to get telepathic powers. But suddenly we could hear what everyone was thinking. Our friends. Our parents. Our crushes. Now we all know that Tess is in love with her best friend, Teddy. That Mackenzie cheated on Cooper. That, um, Nurse Carmichael used to be a stripper.
Since we've kept our freakish skill a secret, we can sit next to the class brainiac and ace our tests. We can dump our boyfriends right before they dump us. We know what our friends really think of our jeans, our breath, our new bangs. We always know what's coming. Some of us will thrive. Some of us will crack. None of us will ever be the same.
So stop obsessing about your ex. We're always listening.
Since we've kept our freakish skill a secret, we can sit next to the class brainiac and ace our tests. We can dump our boyfriends right before they dump us. We know what our friends really think of our jeans, our breath, our new bangs. We always know what's coming. Some of us will thrive. Some of us will crack. None of us will ever be the same.
So stop obsessing about your ex. We're always listening.
This is just the right book to get me out of my reading slump. It was a fun, light and breezy read with the predictable twists and a colourful main cast of characters which consists of an entire high school homeroom class. After getting a flu shot, the entire class of 10B with the exception of two kids who opted out of the shot, gained telepathic powers and can read the minds of people around them.
It is just hilarious how the kids cope with being telepathic. At first, everyone thinks that it's cool that they can read minds so they decided to keep it a secret from their own parents and even from the two not so lucky kids. Chaos ensues and we get to see how the kids' lives are affected with the absence of privacy. The quintessential popular pretty girl Mackenzie broke up with Cooper; her boyfriend after being found out hooking up with someone else. The shy Olivia decided to come out of her shell and date Lazar. Mackenzie's best friend; Tess finally found out what her longtime crush Teddy really thinks about her and Pi; the smartest girl in the class decided to cheat in a test.
But after awhile and the novelty wore off, the kids became increasingly anxious to be around each other and the ultimate choice was given to them on whether to retain their powers or suffer severe consequences.
Of all the characters, I think I like Olivia's part the best. Through all the ups and downs, she remains quite the same. And it's just nice to read about a shy girl getting her happy endings for once. As for the rest of the class? Well not to give anything away, let's just say most of them are pretty happy with how things worked out in the end.
It is just hilarious how the kids cope with being telepathic. At first, everyone thinks that it's cool that they can read minds so they decided to keep it a secret from their own parents and even from the two not so lucky kids. Chaos ensues and we get to see how the kids' lives are affected with the absence of privacy. The quintessential popular pretty girl Mackenzie broke up with Cooper; her boyfriend after being found out hooking up with someone else. The shy Olivia decided to come out of her shell and date Lazar. Mackenzie's best friend; Tess finally found out what her longtime crush Teddy really thinks about her and Pi; the smartest girl in the class decided to cheat in a test.
But after awhile and the novelty wore off, the kids became increasingly anxious to be around each other and the ultimate choice was given to them on whether to retain their powers or suffer severe consequences.
Of all the characters, I think I like Olivia's part the best. Through all the ups and downs, she remains quite the same. And it's just nice to read about a shy girl getting her happy endings for once. As for the rest of the class? Well not to give anything away, let's just say most of them are pretty happy with how things worked out in the end.
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