Monday 8 June 2020

Asking For A Friend By Kate Mallinder

Agnes has aspergers and hates change, so when her sister moves out and away to Weston Super Mare she wants to go see her.

Besides her, Hattie comes along after being roped in as her bus buddy and has an aunt with a b and b there they can stay at.
She also wants to escape after an incident at a party outcasts her from her friends as they spread vicious lies around online.

Meanwhile Jake tags along too, wanting to escape for a very serious reason, finding a lump, down there and not feeling comfortable enough to get it seen too by anyone.

Kate is an exciting new author in YA fiction and tackles such sensitive topics extremely well making the story flow and develop perfectly with plenty of group drama and self drama for each individual character in turn. I love how the group became friends during the course of their journey together and it shows you can't judge a person on looks alone for sure and how we each can hide a problem from others easily too, it was a relatable read for the bullying issue online as we hear so much about happening in real life as well as of course showing an in depth look at life living with Aspergers and how it can seriously effect life for the person with it too.

If you want an adventurous, bold new read, this book certainly won't disappoint!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them and being the blog tour stop for today!





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