Series ~ Single Title
Author ~ Lauren Bjorkman
Release Date ~ September 29, 2009
Age Group ~ Young Adult
Publisher ~ Henry Holt and Co.
Source ~ The Teen {Book} Scene
Goodreads Summary
With Roz and Eva everything becomes a contest – who can snag the best role in the school play, have the cutest boyfriend, pull off the craziest prank. Still, they’re as close as sisters can be. Until Eva deletes Roz from her life like so much junk email for no reason that Roz understands. Now Eva hangs out with the annoyingly petite cheerleaders, and Roz fantasizes about slipping bovine growth hormone into their Gatorade.
Roz has a suspicion about Eva. In turn, Eva taunts Roz with a dare, which leads to an act of total insanity. Drama geeks clamor for attention, Shakespearean insults fly, and Roz steals the show in Lauren Bjorkman’s hilarious debut novel.
Review
My Invented Life is a story about love. Sisterly love, boyfriend-girlfriend love, gay love, forbidden love – love is complicated all right.
I was drawn to this book because the main characters are sisters. The relationship between Roz and Eva was deep and complex. They were close, yet competitive – they looked out for each other, yet they teased each other. Roz’s in-your-face personality was both funny and annoying. She could hurl a Shakespearean insult at you one minute and then show you that she cared about you the next. Eva, in comparison, was soft-spoken yet popular. She had many friends yet she wanted her sister’s love.
The story of My Invented Life goes hand-in-hand with As You Like It, the play the girls are performing with their theater friends. Little snippets from the play fit in perfectly with the story. Oh, and the characters spout off Shakespearean lines in their everyday speech too. Weird.
The story is told from Roz’s very mixed up point-of-view. She is living in her invented life as she is trying to find herself. Roz is not afraid to “go there” when it comes to introducing her lesbian lifestyle as a possibility. If you aren’t open-minded, you might not care for this story.
Lauren Bjorkman found a nice balance as she worked family dynamics, friendships, love, and humor into one book. Good job!
Rating
4 Liked
Cover Comments
I didn’t care for the cover because it’s such a super close up that it doesn’t flatter the girls. The white font for the author’s name is really hard to read too. Yeah, not the best cover.
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