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Kissing Emma by Shappi Khorsandi
Mar. 16th, 2022 10:27 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Emma is beautiful.
Men stare at her.
Girls are jealous of her.
Yet Emma is trapped.
Trapped by her beauty and trapped by a lack of prospects. She sleeps on her nan’s sofa and rushes to cleaning jobs after school. She dreams that there’s more to life than just scraping by.
Then Emma is tempted by two men who promise her the world in exchange for modelling work. But there’s a dark side to their offer that she will only discover when she’s in too deep …
Can Emma break free and take control of her own life?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Shappi Khorsandi’s contemporary YA novel uses the life of Nelson’s mistress, Lady Emma Hamilton, reimagining her as a girl on a council estate. Khorsandi is strong on prejudice, the difficulties of having a low income and the low expectations of teens from these backgrounds, but the story is repetitive with a series of selfish or abusive men taking advantage and Emma not dealing with it, which I found dull, while the pacing is lop-sided.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
Men stare at her.
Girls are jealous of her.
Yet Emma is trapped.
Trapped by her beauty and trapped by a lack of prospects. She sleeps on her nan’s sofa and rushes to cleaning jobs after school. She dreams that there’s more to life than just scraping by.
Then Emma is tempted by two men who promise her the world in exchange for modelling work. But there’s a dark side to their offer that she will only discover when she’s in too deep …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Shappi Khorsandi’s contemporary YA novel uses the life of Nelson’s mistress, Lady Emma Hamilton, reimagining her as a girl on a council estate. Khorsandi is strong on prejudice, the difficulties of having a low income and the low expectations of teens from these backgrounds, but the story is repetitive with a series of selfish or abusive men taking advantage and Emma not dealing with it, which I found dull, while the pacing is lop-sided.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
