(All quotes are taken from the advance copy and are subject to change in final print."'Generate innovative ideas for product/service improvement.'īy engaging ChatGPT in brainstorming sessions, you're able to explore new features, services, and processes. Thank you to Wednesday Books and Netgalley for providing me with an advance copy. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. I received a complimentary copy of this book. A heartwarming read for the long summer days! This sweet story had me cheering Bea and her friends on, wishing I would have come across a Shakespearean summer camp back in the day, and fondly remembering my own high school experience on the stage. “Maybe this new Bea didn’t sacrifice her previous self but was able to find out how to bridge the two people who now seemed to live in her skin.” Serena Kaylor, Long Story Short Well-rounded, supportive, and funny, they are just the kinds of friends everyone needs, but they also have problems and lives of their own. Bea has been very closed off since an unfortunate event in her past and she finally opens up to new experiences, spear-headed by a few new friends, whom I loved so much. One of my favorite things about the book: the friendships. Some of the characters may seem a bit stereotypical in the beginning, but their many facets shine through as the reader gets to know them. My affection for these characters only grew stronger as I read, and while there is plenty of drama (it is a Shakespearian summer camp!), the story never crosses over into the overly cheesy territory. Was there a specific moment in the book that won me over? Why, yes, there was! An adorable Shakespeare quote-off between our main character Bea and Nik, the son of the camp founders. I started Long Story Short in a slight reading slump, so while it took me a bit to get into the story, halfway through I found my groove and found myself smiling so much. This contemporary romance has the right balance of friendships and love interests, with plenty of personal growth for the main character and a very satisfactory ending. If you’re a fan of High School Musical-esq tales or enjoy new takes on Shakespeare, you should enjoy Long Story Short, the YA debut from Serena Kaylor. In this sparkling debut from Serena Kaylor, Long Story Short is a YA rom-com about a homeschooled math genius who finds herself out of her element at a theater summer camp and learns that life-and love-can’t be lived by the (text)book. But before the final curtain falls, will Beatrice realize that there’s more to life than she can find in the pages of a book? With her future on the line, this girl genius stumbles through illicit parties, double dog dares, and more than your fair share of Shakespeare. When she’s adopted by a group of eclectic theater kids, and immediately makes an enemy of the popular-and, annoyingly gorgeous-British son of the camp founders, she realizes that relationships are trickier than calculus. Unfortunately, hearts and hormones don’t follow any rules, and there is no equation for teenage interactions. She has six weeks to show her parents she can pull off the role of “normal” teenager and won’t spend the rest of her life hiding in a library. The compromise: the Connecticut Shakespearean Summer Academy and a detailed list of teenage milestones to check off. But while math has always made sense to Beatrice, making friends is a problem she hasn’t been able to solve, so her parents are worried about sending her halfway across the world. She always thought the hardest part would be getting in, not convincing her parents to let her go. Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn is a statistical genius who has dreamed her whole life of discovering new mathematical challenges at a school like Oxford University. “Like the best of the Bard himself, Long Story Short combines dazzling repartee with iconic, nuanced characters and the kind of charged, perfectly paced romance fit for the world stage.” -Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of Always Never Yours
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