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The Kids Are Gonna Ask

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I enjoyed this book. It’s about Thomas and Savannah (twins). They live with their grandmother Maggie. They have a podcast. They each have their own issues. Savannah is bullied because she is smart and Thomas is an athlete. One day Thomas mentions about finding his bio dad. ( their mother passed away) on the podcast. Everything snowballs. This s a journey about them trying to find him through their podcast and research. I think young adults would enjoy reading this book.
Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin for an early arc. This my honest opinion.

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Interesting story about twins who are looking for their biological father via a podcast. A media storm kicks off and we are taken along for the ride when the twins appear on national tv and become the focus of a national controversy. The real father is introduced as a character as well. Entertaining and original, this is an enjoyable story from start to finish.

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The premise of this entertaining novel is simple: teen twins Savannah and Thomas are being raised by Maggie, their maternal grandmother. Their mother died when they were twelve and they've never known who their father is so they decide to find out. Instead of going the usual route of a DNA test, they create a podcast series that ends up gaining a viral social media following. With visibility comes notoriety and things get so out of hand that it nearly ruins their lives. Even worse, it could upend the close-knit family that they have and could even potentially stop them from ever connecting their father.

Gretchen Anthony's voice engaged me right from the first paragraph. Using delicate skill, she plunges the reader into the perspectives of various characters in turn. Her technique is all showing, so it saves a whole heck of a lot telling and the pages fly by. Thoroughly enjoyable.

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I went into this knowing zero about the plot as I could not find even a tiny description anywhere. It was a nice enough story but nothing really hooked me here. I think I like a little more drama in my books. But still, a decent story with likable characters.

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