thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this arc in exchange for an honest review.
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this book was an absolute blast and I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!
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I loved the characters and the plot and the adventure. I absolutely loved everything about it.

Unfortunately, this one was a DNF for me. I got a bit more than a third of the way through and just wasn't feeling it. I found the concept intriguing - a social media company creates a competition to live without modern technology? Sounds like lots of opportunity for ulterior motives and unexpected consequences! And while part of me does wish I knew how this one ended, I felt like it was getting very repetitive and I found myself having a hard time being motivated to read more. So many chapters ended with some version of a vague "but they didn't know how much worse it would get" foreshadowing statement (but it was taking way too long to get any payoff on those), and the "oh living retro actually isn't so bad! young people CAN live without technology!" message just kept getting hammered in. Again, I'm sad to DNF this one because the premise sounded so good, it just didn't play out in practice for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing a digital copy of Retro in exchange for an honest review. I hope other readers do find this one to their liking! Happy reading!

When Luna took the blame for her friends shoplifting and in retaliation posted a video of her friends ranting and talking about everyone in school and her friend committed suicide she thought that was the worst that could happen but when the app limbo decided to do a retro contests at her school it all just seem like harmless fun from the mysterious host Andy to the message board and game room in the gym it really started out like a blast but would slowly but surely kids start going missing and being eliminated is synonymous with permanently Luna starts to worry. This is on top of the strange note and gifts Luna keeps receiving. Are her and her friend’s in trouble and if so can she stop it? I loved everything about this book from the playlist to the actual book itself the story was great I love Luna and her friends I think this is a great book for Halloween and after I highly recommend this book you want to dance laugh and freak out with Luna it’s the right amount of lol and OMG to make this an absolutely awesome book! I received this book for NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

An enormous thank you to NetGalley, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, and of course Sofia Lapuente and Jarrod Shusterman for providing me with an eARC of this book. I am voluntarily leaving a review, all opinions are my own.

This was the perfect YA thriller, especially with the given modern age. I was sucked into this book so quickly and absolutely had to figure out how everything played out. It had this undercurrent of uncertainty to it and I loved that, it was such a great read for October.

I loved Luna, absolutely adored her and her friends- the perfect group for the challenges that arose. I loved how much the characters grew through the challenge and learned what was truly important to them. That LIVING your life is so much better than being stuck behind a screen. It's a lesson I think a lot of the younger generations need some reminding of.

This book was great and I absolutely cannot wait to have a physical copy in my hands. Cheers to Sofia and Jarrod on their first novel together- can't wait to see what they do next!

This was a really well done young adult thriller, it had a unique concept for a thriller book and I enjoyed that. The plot worked really well and did what I was hoping for from the description. The characters were interesting and well done and I enjoyed going on this adventure with them. I look forward to reading more from the authors.

"There was an awkward air that hung in the car. Because maybe a million people wished they could be friends with Axel, but that wasn’t our case. For me, he was the guy who made my life more difficult than it needed to be."

Unfortunately doesn't go to kindle so can't read it. I am sorry it won't work out for me and others to read this book