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The Blurb On The Back:
Meet Indi.
She’s new to Manchester with approximately zero friends. Unless you count Gary, who, unfortunately, is a gecko.
If Indi’s going to find some real mates - and maybe even a boyfriend - she’s going to have to FAKE IT.
How else is she going to survive her first job in a chippy, which is anything but glam vibes? And how on earth will she attract school crush, Johnny Hotpants, while smelling like a haddock in a hairnet?
Will Indi get her first kiss? Will she accept her mum’s new boyfriend (yuck)? And will she EVER learn that just being yourself is the most important thing of all?
A HILARIOUS new teen diary series about trying to be cool when you just want to eat chicken nuggets and chat to your pet lizard.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Lauren Layfield’s debut funny coming-of-age novel for readers aged 11+ has some amusing moments (notably Indi’s imagined conversations with Gary the lizard) but I found Indi to be both a very unsympathetic character and also written in such a way that I didn’t believe in her lack of emotional depth or self-awareness. Indi does grow in the final quarter of the book when she is called out on bad behaviour, but for me it was too little, too late.
INDI RAYE IS TOTALLY FAKING IT was released in the United Kingdom on 31st August 2023. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
She’s new to Manchester with approximately zero friends. Unless you count Gary, who, unfortunately, is a gecko.
If Indi’s going to find some real mates - and maybe even a boyfriend - she’s going to have to FAKE IT.
How else is she going to survive her first job in a chippy, which is anything but glam vibes? And how on earth will she attract school crush, Johnny Hotpants, while smelling like a haddock in a hairnet?
Will Indi get her first kiss? Will she accept her mum’s new boyfriend (yuck)? And will she EVER learn that just being yourself is the most important thing of all?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Lauren Layfield’s debut funny coming-of-age novel for readers aged 11+ has some amusing moments (notably Indi’s imagined conversations with Gary the lizard) but I found Indi to be both a very unsympathetic character and also written in such a way that I didn’t believe in her lack of emotional depth or self-awareness. Indi does grow in the final quarter of the book when she is called out on bad behaviour, but for me it was too little, too late.
INDI RAYE IS TOTALLY FAKING IT was released in the United Kingdom on 31st August 2023. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
