They were all leaning up against the chain-link fence around the construction site across the street (because why have a high school if it isn't across the street from a former thread factory they've imploded to make room for more condos, so you can listen to the beep, beep, beep of trucks backing up all day?), text messaging one another.Īll but Whitney Robertson and Jason Klein. 'I could see that the walking dead were in fine form when the cab I'd been lucky to snag let me off in front of TAHS the next morning. 'How do couples not just go around kissing all the time? Kissing is fantastic.' () Here are a couple of quotes to give you a feel for Em's voice: But there's plenty else going on to distract from that. Her love for Christopher is, perhaps, a tad less convincing (or perhaps I've just read all of the stories I can handle about the secret love for the opposite sex best friend). but we're not above taking advantage of their heavily slashed prices.').Įm's conflicted feelings about her younger sister feel real. She's quietly sarcastic and decidedly introverted (she'd rather stay home and read than go out), and acknowledges her own inconsistencies ('Christopher and I are ethically opposed to Stark Megastores.

It has a similar feel to Cabot's Mediator series, which I loved, but with a somewhat lighter tone. It's a quick read that kept me turning the pages. It's difficult to say more without spoiling the first part of the book. Until, that is, an unexpected catastrophe brings the two girls' lives together, and changes Em forever. There, Em first encounters Nikki Howard, a gorgeous 17-year-old model who is everything that Em isn't (and vice versa). She worries about her younger sister, Frida, who has become a 'Walking Dead wannabe' (people who have no interests of their own, or squelch the ones that they do have, and merely pursue what's going to help them get into college and/or be popular).īecause she's a good older sister, Em accompanies Frida to a chain music store opening (although chain stores go against her own beliefs). She spends most of her time with her best friend, and unrequited love, Christopher. Leave it to Meg Cabot to put those two things together and completely have it work.Įmerson Watts is a video game-loving, sneaker-wearing social outcast at her exclusive New York school, Tribeca Alternative (TAHS).

Airhead is an unusual mix of near-future speculative science fiction and beautiful people/fashion model story.

Meg Cabot's Airhead is the first book of a YA trilogy (the final volume is due out next month).

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