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Throwback by Maurene Goo
Jul. 18th, 2023 11:08 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Samantha Kang has always butted heads with her mom, Priscilla, and her impossibly high expectations. After a huge fight, Sam is desperate to get away from Priscilla, but instead finds herself thrown back.
Way back.
To her shock, Sam lands in the ‘90s … alongside a 17-year-old Priscilla. Now Sam has to deal with outdated tech, regressive attitudes, and a time-crossed romance with the right guy in the wrong era.
With the clock ticking, Sam must figure out how to fix things with Priscilla or risk being trapped in an analog world forever …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Maurene Goo’s YA time travelling fantasy is a clever and fun look at changing social attitudes and the experience of being an immigrant -v- being 1st generation -v- being 2nd generation Korean-American in the US. The romance is secondary to the character work between Sam and Priscilla as Sam understands her mum better and Goo’s light, chatty and self-knowing narrative style that worked for me and will see me checking out Goo’s back catalogue.
THROWBACK was released in the United Kingdom on 11th April 2023. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
Samantha Kang has always butted heads with her mom, Priscilla, and her impossibly high expectations. After a huge fight, Sam is desperate to get away from Priscilla, but instead finds herself thrown back.
Way back.
To her shock, Sam lands in the ‘90s … alongside a 17-year-old Priscilla. Now Sam has to deal with outdated tech, regressive attitudes, and a time-crossed romance with the right guy in the wrong era.
With the clock ticking, Sam must figure out how to fix things with Priscilla or risk being trapped in an analog world forever …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Maurene Goo’s YA time travelling fantasy is a clever and fun look at changing social attitudes and the experience of being an immigrant -v- being 1st generation -v- being 2nd generation Korean-American in the US. The romance is secondary to the character work between Sam and Priscilla as Sam understands her mum better and Goo’s light, chatty and self-knowing narrative style that worked for me and will see me checking out Goo’s back catalogue.
THROWBACK was released in the United Kingdom on 11th April 2023. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
