SYNOPSIS: My fifteenth birthday was the worst day of my life, and it's inconceivable to think that any single day in my future will ever be as bad. My mum was killed in a freak accident on her way to pick up my cake. Even when there was still no sign of her after two hours later, and my friends started to arrive at our house, it never occurred to me that she wouldn't be coming back. That was six months ago. My mum died without telling me who my real dad was. And for a while I hated her for it. I thought she's taken the secret of my father's identity with her forever. But she didn't. Holy hell, she didn't. Because three weeks ago I found out the truth. And I'm still reeling from the shock of it. My dad is none other than Johnny Jefferson, mega famous rock star and one-time serial womaniser. And now I'm on my way to LA to meet him and his family. My tiny little world has just got a whole lot bigger… Rating: 3/5
This was okay. I was interested in the story, as it sounded kind of like a fan fiction which I generally love, and I'm a sucker for anything about being famous. However, Jessie annoyed the crap out of me. She is so unnecessarily rude to her stepfather, she smokes and drinks even though she's only fifteen, and altogether acts like she's grown even though she's barely a teen. Her character read way too much like it'd been written by someone who's forgotten what it's really like to be young, and is only going off what they now think teenagers are like. I only kept reading because I was interested in the plot. Fortunately Jessie got a bit more bearable as the book went on, which I guess we can call character development. She made new friends and made up with a friend she'd been ignoring. I liked those parts a lot, as there were a lot of good female characters in this book, who were all very different but all well-written. Of course there was the typical antagonist popular girl, but there were also popular girls who were very nice to Jessie and who befriended her. I suppose we can write Jessie's behaviour off to trauma, but when she spoke about the time before her mother died she appeared to be the same person. She apparently was never really nice to Stuart, her stepfather, either, even though he has been nothing but nice to her. There's two more books in this series, and if I do pick them up (I'm not sure if I will yet, I'm not that invested in the story) I hope Jessie becomes a nicer person overall and I hope she does the right thing and chooses Tom, rather than Tom who's just trouble. If you're looking for a simple read that's still pretty enjoyable, you might enjoy this book. Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114638-the-accidental-life-of-jessie-jefferson Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Accidental-Life-Jessie-Jefferson/dp/1471118789
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