2008, Point (Scholastic)
337 pages
Personal copy (Recieved from kind donation by Sarwat Chadda)
YA
The title gives one view of models - airheads. That's pretty much what Emerson Watts thinks too. Unlike her younger sister, she doesn't care for seeing Nikki Howard at Stark Megastore's grand opening. Thanks to tragic events, Em comes to care for Nikki much closer that she'd ever want. After all, she under goes a body swap, and becomes fashion's favourite face.
I'm not spilling the beans on how Em becomes Nikki. The difficulty of Em adjusting to her new life is handily explained with amnesia - useful for all the slip ups she makes. Through Em-now-Nikki's eyes, new light is shed onto the life of a model. Yes, it is about shoots, parties and superficial friendships, but real friendships are formed here too. There's a fair amount of humour and fear as Nikki's friends 'kidnap' Em-now-Nikki - fear from Em because she actually wants to see her family again, humour for the reader at Nikki's friends' wild ideas as to why she's been in a special hospital.
Stark company aren't the innocent party in Em-now-Nikki's life - she uncovers an unfair plot which affects her life forever (as if becoming a model wasn't enough of a life-changing experience). Her education is being put to good use, even if she's not using it officially in her new job.
Thankfully this is the first of a trilogy starring Em-now-Nikki, with the second title released in the UK in September. I for one will be checking it out.
Meg's funky website can be found here.
1 comment:
Sounds like a fun book. :D
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