Making Friends with Alice Dyson

Name: Making Friends with Alice Dyson
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Poppy Nwosu
ISBN: 9781705010358

Author: Poppy Nwosu

Narrator: Katherine Littrell

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.

Published: 09/15/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Multicultural & Interracial, Girls & Women

Synopsis

ALICE DYSON knows exactly how she’ll spend her final year of high school: head down,
avoiding all attention while concentrating on her work and her perfect plans for the future. That
is, until a silly, out-of-character moment with Teddy Taualai, the school’s notorious troublemaker,
goes viral, derailing her plans and pushing her into the spotlight.
Suddenly Alice’s quiet, orderly life has turned into an improvised dance of beach trips,
museum visits, and parties. And the worst part? Teddy Taualai is everywhere she turns, and
always a step ahead.
Poppy Nwosu’s pitch-perfect debut novel explores the ever-tricky dance of staying true to
yourself while opening your heart to the queasy, disorienting power of first love as it sweeps you
up and spins you away from your carefully choreographed life

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maja on August 23, 2020

I REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO LIKE THIS.. I JUST COULDN'T I tried, I really tried to get into this book. But right from the beginning I was annoyed and uncertain of the outcome. Over the course of the rest of the book, more and more faults popped up and it dragged the book down further. If you find the......more

Goodreads review by Emma on September 14, 2020

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 3.75/5 Stars Full review HERE This sweet book explores the friendship that blossoms between Alice and Teddy, two completely different people who become friends after an impromptu dance off near their sc......more

Goodreads review by its.me.the.bibliophile on September 29, 2020

**Thank you to NetGalley, the author, & the publisher for a chance to read & review an E-ARC of this novel!** For me, this was a heavy contemporary read tackling topics such as representation as well as family discord, grief, bullying, double standards in society, friendships, the pressure of plannin......more

Goodreads review by Samantha (WLABB) on September 03, 2020

Alice had a plan. She just needed to finish her last year of school, continue to get good grades, and get into the university of her parents' choice. Then she could finally be free. Her plan didn't include Teddy Taualai, but it seems Teddy didn't get the memo, and maybe that's a good thing. Poppy Nw......more

Goodreads review by Danielle (Life of a Literary Nerd) on August 20, 2020

DNF @ 40% I just didn't connect with this story at all. At the beginning, it was hard for me to really get into the writing, I thought it was kinda all over the place and not very well structured or developed. The biggest flaw was that we don't really get to see Alice and Teddy's first interaction an......more