Ask Again Later
Author: Liz Czukas
Publication Date: March 11th 2014
~A copy was provided by HarperTeen via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review~
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Sixteen Candles meets Sliding Doors in this hilariously charming and irreverent YA debut. Fans of realistic teen fiction like Lauren Barnholdt's Two-Way Street and Sarah Mlynowski's Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have) will love Ask Again Later's pitch-perfect tale of prom night drama—with a twist.
Heart LaCoeur has zero interest in a messy high-school romance, no matter what her name suggests. That's why she's decided to avoid prom angst by going with a group of single friends. And that's why, when two surprise prom invites derail her brilliant plan, Heart takes the only foolproof, drama-free solution: a coin flip—that somehow gives her the chance to live out both prom nights. Heads or tails, where they both end up might be the most surprising thing of all.
Heart LaCoeur has zero interest in a messy high-school romance, no matter what her name suggests. That's why she's decided to avoid prom angst by going with a group of single friends. And that's why, when two surprise prom invites derail her brilliant plan, Heart takes the only foolproof, drama-free solution: a coin flip—that somehow gives her the chance to live out both prom nights. Heads or tails, where they both end up might be the most surprising thing of all.
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I have two words for Ask Again Later.
Cute. Hilarious.
I can honestly say it was not what I was expecting at all.
And I know, I know, I pretty much say that with each book but it really wasn't.
For the first part, it's kind of like Cat Patrick & Suzanne Young's Just Like Fate, where it's not a
paranormal alternative universes, but just two different paths and the outcome
of what those paths lead to. For Ask Again Later, it's the choice of who to go
to Prom with after being invited by two guys (who have two different motives),
when the original plan was to go with her group of friends. But, of course she
doesn't know who to choose and she doesn't want to hurt their feelings, so after much procrastination
she uses a coin and thus begins the alternate chapters of HEADS and TAILS
(because magic 8 balls are mean.)
