Review: Sci-fi Love Story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2013
** I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review **Rating: 3.5 out of 5The Journals of Kara and Jason is a straightforward read. Written as an epistolary we learn of a budding friendship between Kara & Jason through their journal entries.Kara is an average teenage girl who is learning how to navigate eighth grade. Her feelings of abandonment due to her best friend Stace dumping her for no apparent reason has to be balanced with her inner desire to not be socially inadequate. Luckily she meets Jason an exchange student from Iceland which is where our story begins.Wood captures the essence of being a young teenager and all that it entails expertly which is the true strength of this book.  The loveable characters were easy to relate to and while there is a fair amount of teen angst it's not overwhelming.To a small extent the big reveal 4 years later is some what predictable but once discovered then it is a race to the finish to see what will happen.While this book doesn't scream with innovative and unique ideas, it does present them in an amicable root for true love manner which makes it well worth the read.