Review: Trouble is a Friend of Mine (Trouble #1) by Stephanie Tromly
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Series: Trouble #1
Author: Stephanie Tromly
Published August 6th 2015 by Hot Key Books
Goodreads Synopsis
Sherlock meets The Breakfast Club in this story of a wisecracking girl who meets a weird but brilliant boy and their roller-coaster of a semester that's one part awkward, three parts thrilling, and five parts awesome
After her parents get divorced, high school junior Zoe Webster moves with her mother from Brooklyn to upstate New York, determined to get back to the city and transfer to the elite private school her father insists on. But then she meets Philip Digby--the odd and brilliant and somehow attractive?--Digby, and soon finds herself in a series of hilarious and dangerous situations all centered on his search for the kidnapper of a local teenage girl who may know something about the tragic disappearance of his kid sister eight years ago. Before she knows it, Zoe has vandalized an office complex with fake snow, pretended to buy drugs alongside a handsome football star dressed like the Hulk, had a serious throw down with a possible religious cult, challenged her controlling father, and, oh yeah, saved her new hometown.
For fans of John Green and David Levithan, this is a crime novel where catching the crook isn't the only hook, a romance where the leading man is decidedly unromantic, a friendship story where they aren't even sure they like each other, and a debut you won't soon forget.
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Review
I hadn't heard of this book series until I saw book two on NetGalley and decided to get a hold of book 1 and give it a try. The comparisons with Sherlock Holmes drew me in, especially, back in 2016 when the BBC Sherlock was so popular, and I was hoping this would be everything I wanted from a Sherlockesque YA, but, unfortunately, I found it lacking.
Zoe, our main character, moves to a new school, where she meets the strange and mysterious Digby, who is in the middle of solving the disappearance of a local girl, in a situation very reminiscent to his own sister's disappearance. Zoe finds herself entangled in the case, and somehow falling for Digby?
Honestly, I can't remember all that much about this book. It was 3 years ago, and wasn't that memorable to start off with. All I do remember is that Digby creeped me out, and he was rude and ignorant. Yeah, the synopsis says he's not a romantic leading man, but he really isn't. Zoe, on the other hand, I can't remember anything about her, so I just think while this book had a good premise, it wasn't well executed. Yes, I did read book 2, as I had an ARC of it, but if that hadn't been the case, I probably wouldn't have bothered.
Dates Read:
November 14-17, 2016
Rating
3 Stars
November 14-17, 2016
Rating
3 Stars
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