1. You follow a teen Haitian girl named Fancy, and you see how she doesn’t apated well to change. Any little change can affect everything for her. She is trying to nativage high school while trying to get invited to the popular girl’s birthday party, yet kind of stalking a boy she likes.
2. You can see the friendship between fancy and and Tilly. How fancy cares for Tilly but would risk her friendship over a small lie from telly just to not hurt fancy.
3. Fancy has strict haitian parents. She’s not allowed to date or wear outfits that aren’t approved. If Fancy doesn’t pick her grades up she can risk being sent back to Haiti.
4. Even though boyfriends (fake boyfriends) have come between Fancy and Tilly, their friendship shows much stronger in the end.
5. The authors writing style I enjoyed. I liked the witty sarcastic voice of fancy. It was easy to relate to her and see how she deals with different situations.
Rating 4 🌟
Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old Fancy Augustine is a Haitian American girl with simple desires. She’d like to trade in her floppy, oversize boobs for cute, perky ones. She’d love a boyfriend. And she’s desperate for an invite to the biggest event of the school year: Imani Park’s birthday party. When Fancy learns her BFF, Tilly, has received a coveted invite and has a secret boyfriend, she is (understandably) devastated and wholeheartedly determined to do whatever it takes to get her own happily ever after.
So what if she makes a deal with the devil (Imani) that guarantees her an invite—but only if she can bring a boyfriend? And what’s so bad about letting her crush, Rahim, believe that she can create a voodoo potion for him in exchange for him posing as her boyfriend? And, yeah, maybe she’s destroying her friendship with Tilly and falling hopelessly behind in her schoolwork, but Fancy knows it’ll all be worth it in the end. Plus, it’s not like Fancy’s parents would really make good on their threats of sending her back to Haiti…right?
About author
Marie Arnoldwas born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and came to America at the age of seven. Shegrew up in Brooklyn, New York alongside her extended family. She attended Columbia College inChicago, where her main focus was creative writing. As Lola StVil, she is aNew YorkTimesandUSA Todaybestselling indie author. Over two million readers have downloaded herYoung Adult fantasy series GUARDIANS. She currently has 3 projects under development atDisney Junior and Disney Plus, one of which is an animated show based on her middle gradenovelThe Year I Flew Away.
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