Halpern, Julie Meant to
Be Macmillan/ Feiwel & Friends 2017 313p 17.99 978-1-250-09498-8 hs Science
fiction E-BN
6 years ago names started appearing
on people’s chests at 18, the name of the person with whom they are meant to
be. Agatha is determined to avoid the
itchy name on her chest and enjoy her summer swooning over Luke Jacobs and then
moving to Australia to be a carny. She just has to avoid looking up her MTB.
Agatha “Aggy” Abrams lives in a world where The Naming is a big part of life. Out of nowhere, 6 years ago, names started appearing over the heart of everyone over the age of 18. This person is known as their Meant-To-Be, or MTB. They are referred to by Aggy as “Empties”. Aggy doesn’t want to believe that she has no free will. She spends her summers working at a haunted carnival dreaming about making out with Luke Jacobs and is desperate not to look up Hendrix Cutter, the name that appeared on her chest. When her parents had MTBs appear on their chests, her father left and her agoraphobic, romance novel writing uncle moved in and avoided talk of his MTB. Her best friend, Lish, finds and promptly falls in love with her MTB and Aggy wants no part of it. Aggy is a hilarious and raunchy character that teens will instantly associate with. Her openness with everyone around her when it comes to her overly large breasts, her gassiness when she eats certain foods or how to help herself in the sex department will have readers laughing and commiserating with this well written and fun romance for the unromantic.
Daley, Erin Romance, Fate, Science Fiction
Agatha “Aggy” Abrams lives in a world where The Naming is a big part of life. Out of nowhere, 6 years ago, names started appearing over the heart of everyone over the age of 18. This person is known as their Meant-To-Be, or MTB. They are referred to by Aggy as “Empties”. Aggy doesn’t want to believe that she has no free will. She spends her summers working at a haunted carnival dreaming about making out with Luke Jacobs and is desperate not to look up Hendrix Cutter, the name that appeared on her chest. When her parents had MTBs appear on their chests, her father left and her agoraphobic, romance novel writing uncle moved in and avoided talk of his MTB. Her best friend, Lish, finds and promptly falls in love with her MTB and Aggy wants no part of it. Aggy is a hilarious and raunchy character that teens will instantly associate with. Her openness with everyone around her when it comes to her overly large breasts, her gassiness when she eats certain foods or how to help herself in the sex department will have readers laughing and commiserating with this well written and fun romance for the unromantic.
Daley, Erin Romance, Fate, Science Fiction
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