Ria Voros

Gretchen told her parents she wanted to be a doctor when she was four. She's now sixteen and a very different person, but Mom and Dad still have that mindset-she'll be a doctor. Gretchen isn't sure what she wants, but writing, especially poetry, is something that makes her come alive. When she verbally strong arms geeky James into being her chemistry tutor, it's the beginning of change, something that includes his older cousin Dean, a boy she can talk to so easily, the loss of her longtime best friend, a new somewhat bumpy friendship with food-obsessed Ashlyn and friction at home. It turns into a very painful experience that eventually sends her back into the sunlight of life, wiser, still sad, but with a more realistic understanding of herself. I read this in about two hours, deciding to buy it after reading her new book The Center Of The Universe. It was a very smart decision.… (más)

There are many books that satisfy, a few go well beyond that. This is such a book. Part coming of age, part family drama, part mystery, part psychological autopsy and a bit of love story are blended together and told from teen Grace Carter's perspective. Older of two siblings with a fascination for astrophysics, Grace has a friction-filled relationship with both her TV reporter mom and actress grandmother. When her mother takes a call at her son's soccer game and then vanishes, it sets in motion one heck of a story. It was so good I immediately bought a copy of the author's other book published back in 2013.… (más)

Grace Carter's mother --- the celebrity news anchor GG Carter --- is everything Grace is not

Then one day GG is just ... gone.

Grace grows closer to her high school's golden boy, Mylo, who has faced a black hole of his own. She also uncovers some secrets from her mother's long-lost past. The more Grace learns, the more she wonders. Did she ever really know her mother? Was GG abducted ... or did she leave? And if she left, why?

Thank you Goodreads and Kids can press for the chance to read this.

This was a good book. It wasn’t really my cup of tea but still a good book. It is about a teenage girl who doesn’t feel up to the standards of being GG’s daughter. So, it's mostly about a relationship between a mother and daughter. And a young girl finding her own self-worth.… (más)