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Literally not what I hoped it would be.

Literally by Lucy Keating

July 26, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

  “Sorry,” I stutter. “It’s just that…she’s describing my life.” In response to this statement, Lucy watched me coolly, her head slightly tilted to one side. It made me uncomfortable. Annabelle likes things to be ordered. Like color coded calendar ordered. So when her parents announce that they are separating the selling the family home, Annabelle’s perfectly ordered life becomes decidedly disordered. To make matters worse, Annabelle discovers that her entire life, ordered and disordered is actually just a character plot written and controlled by […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Lucy Keating, meta, Romance, Young Adult

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Lucy Keating, meta, Romance, Young Adult ·
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“…Mom says if you don’t come down for dinner, the world will end…” “Is it that kind of book?” I whisper…

July 15, 2017 by Caitycat Leave a Comment

Literally is the story of a girl named Annabelle who finds out that she is a character in a book being written by an author named Lucy Keating (Who is the author of Literally, which makes the book Annabelle’s story). Annabelle is given a perfect love interest named Will, but she constantly finds herself drawn towards her brother’s best friend, Elliot. Eventually, AB and Will visit Lucy Keating and demand that she stop writing about them. They think it will help, but then they start […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cbr9, Lucy Keating, meta, YA, Young Adult

Caitycat's CBR9 Review No:8 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: cbr9, Lucy Keating, meta, YA, Young Adult ·
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