Title: Exposure
(Twisted Lit #2)
Author: Kim Askew and
Amy Helmes
Published: January
18th, 2013
My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Goodreads Summary:
Double, double, toil and trouble. Sometimes, the quest for
high school royalty can be deadly! In this emotionally-charged twist on
Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a self-conscious shutterbug named Skye Kingston
navigates a treacherous school year in Alaska fraught with unspoken secrets and
tragic twists of fate. Along the way she encounters three strangely prophetic
BFFs; one social-climbing, sociopathic cheerleader; and a heart-stopping hottie
named Craig McKenzie: the man who would be Prom King. Can Skye save the boy she
loves — and herself — before they get caught in the crosshairs?
My Thoughts:
I was really interested in reading this book after reading
the first book in this series, I really enjoyed it and thought it was just a
plain fun read. But, unfortunately I didn't enjoy this one as much as the
first, it had some great and unique aspects to it but, it just felt like not a
lot happened in this one. I have not read Shakespeare's Macbeth but, I had an
idea of what happens in it and it was definitely fun to look up stuff about it
and see how it compared to the book.
Skye is your normal teenage girl, she loves photography and
the feeling of being behind a camera, she works for the school paper and she
doesn't stand out much. Growing up in Alaska, the sport to play is hockey. That's where Craig McKenzie comes
in, he transferred to their high school and the first person that he met was
Skye, over the summer they spent a lot of time together and became close
friends. But, once school began and Craig was initiated into the popular crowd,
Skye felt like she didn't exist. She had a crush on Craig, but knew their
wasn't anything she could do about it, Craig was dating the most popular girl
in school and they were destined to become Prom King and Queen, but after a
party one night everything is not as it seems and Skye may be the only one who
knows the truth.
One of the things I loved the most about this book was the
setting, I have never read a book that takes place in Alaska and it was
definitely refreshing while unfortunately there was as much talk about the
setting as I would have liked there was a bit that definitely made me happy. I
loved Skye because she seemed like such a genuine person, I felt like I knew
her immediately and after all of the time you spend in her head, I knew that in
real life I would want her as one of my friends.
Craig on the other hand was a character that I didn't love
until almost the end of the book, he was friends with Skye before he knew
everyone else but, once he was popular he kind of let her go. He would invite
her do things with him and his girlfriend but, he didn't ever actually expect
her to go. It really felt like he knew she wouldn't say yes so he had no
problem asking and that kind of made me dislike him a bit.
Overall, this book wasn't a hit for me, not as fun as Tempestuous
but still interesting in its own right. The book took off in the beginning with
a big twist and then fell in the middle until towards the end where we get to
find out more about the twist from the beginning. If you enjoy retellings and
Shakespeare I definitely recommend this one!
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you about this book-I just loved all the fun in Tempestuous but I guess it's hard to make Macbeth fun what with all the murders in the actual play and all.