Pages:
332
Publisher:
Walker
Release
Date: 6th
August 2015
Edition:
UK proof, review
copy
Carla
has just moved to London and starts at yet another school; she is desperate to
fit in. though she makes a couple of friends, she soon meets the charismatic, good-looking
Finn and their whirlwind romance begins. Carla, an A student and gifted artist,
lets her schoolwork slip as she enters Finn’s world – a world of partying and
drugs. Friends tell her that Finn is no good – even his brother, Isaac. Bu
Isaac has an ulterior motive, doesn’t he? Is either brother right for Carla?
I flew through Drop. I was captured by Carla’s struggle
against what she wanted and what she needed and desperation to be a part of
something.
With Carla’s mum being an up and
coming journalist, desperate to make it into the big time, Carla has spent most
of her school years moving around as her mum chases the next step of her career.
She's finally made it and they’ve moved to London, just in time for Carla to do
her A-levels and she’s determined that for her final school she’ll be someone. She
won't skate along the side-lines, she won't just fit in, and she’ll be one of
the popular crowd. These are urges every teenager, and most adults, feel a lot
of the time, but Carla went down a dangerous route.
Arrogant, gorgeous and care-free
Finn Masterson is the epitome of cool at Carla’s new school and she’s
determined to have him. Her determination to be accepted into his crowd of
friends, be admired by the rest of year 12 and have Finn pay attention to her
is worth everything to Carla, even when it means taking pills and doing lines
of coke while her brain is screaming warnings at her. It was a horrible mix of
heartbreaking and fascinating to watch Carla descend into addiction, and
surprisingly quick. The effect it had on the rest of her life was obvious and
startling as the rest of the group seemed so at ease with it. It was difficult
to watch, but it made her resolve to drag herself out the other side even more
satisfying. All things considering, Carla got off pretty lightly and I’m really
glad her story ended with hope and possibility and the life she was searching
for from the beginning.
Drop
is a wonderfully
written and effortless to read debut about art, love, the desperate need to fit
in and finding yourself. Katie Everson is definitely a name to watch.
Thanks to Walker for the review
copy.
Sophie
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