{"id":7134,"date":"2021-01-31T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=7134"},"modified":"2021-01-31T15:11:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T20:11:38","slug":"review-of-this-is-not-the-jess-show-by-anna-carey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/review-of-this-is-not-the-jess-show-by-anna-carey\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of This is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Sunday and welcome to my review of This is Not the Jess Show <\/i>by Anna Carey! I LOVED this book so much, and I\u2019m ridiculously happy to share my review with all of you today! Read on to find my review and favorite quotes, plus more information about the book and author! And now without any further ado, let\u2019s get to the review!<\/p>\n

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I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>\"ReviewThis Is Not the Jess Show<\/strong> by Anna Carey<\/a>
Series:<\/strong> This is Not the Jess Show #1<\/a>
Published on<\/strong> February 2, 2021 by Quirk Books<\/a>
Genres:<\/strong> YA<\/a>, Historical Fiction<\/a>, Mystery<\/a>, Thriller<\/a>, Dystopian<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 288
Format:<\/strong> eARC<\/a>
Source:<\/strong> NetGalley
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A timely YA thriller about a teenage girl whose reality may not be what it seems, blending 90s nostalgia with a speculative hook that dissects our modern reality TV and influencer-obsessed culture.<\/b>
\nLike many teens, sometimes it feels as though everything in Jess Flynn's life has been engineered for maximum drama--from her performance at the school talent show, to the reappearance of her childhood best friend and perennial crush Jeremy, to her friends trying to set her up with one of the hottest guys in school. It's almost as if everything might finally be going her way...until one day a tiny black phone with an apple logo on its screen falls out of her best friend's backpack and lands at Jess's feet.
\nThe problem is, it's 1998, and the first iPhone isn't due out for another nine years.
\nJess's friends refuse to acknowledge the strange device. Her sister Sara, on hospice care with a terminal blood disease, for once can't tell Jess what she should do. It's almost as if everyone is hiding something from her. Even her beloved dog Fuller seems different...like, literally different, because he definitely didn't have that same pattern of spots on his stomach last week...
\nNothing in Jess Flynn's world is as it seems, and as the cracks begin to show, Jess will discover her entire life is nothing more than someone else's entertainment. Except in this reality, the outside world is no place anyone would want to escape to.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t