Teens are often reminded that the high school years are the best of their lives, but they can also be messy with friendships that start and end over stupid stuff, or romantic relationships that make the average daytime or nighttime drama pale in comparison.
On top of all this, Vinesse adds another wrinkle: Living in a foreign country and getting ready to head home.
Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Sophia has seven days left as a student at the international school in Tokyo, Japan, before she moves back to the States with her family. One week to say good-bye to her friends, school, and–after a lifetime of moving around the globe–the closest thing to home she’s ever known. Sophia intends to make the most of every karaoke- and konbini-filled second. Until Jamie Foster-Collins reappears after three years away and ruins everything.There is a part of me that feels like Sophia and her friends are a little too self-involved to be taken seriously as characters (and, seriously, do all YA writers think that teens use profanity?). The other part of me was pleased that what could have been a boring travelogue of Tokyo was instead a glimpse into the city from the characters who love living there.
Jamie and Sophia have a history of heartbreak; one that Sophia thought was far behind her. She just wants to spend her remaining time with her wild best friend Mika and her eternal crush David. But as the week counts down, the relationships she thought were so stable begin to crash around her, and Sophia and Jamie forge a last-minute connection neither of them anticipated. When Sophia’s with Jamie, it’s as though she is seeing Tokyo again for the first time. Can their seven short days of Tokyo adventures end in anything but good-bye?
Rating: 3.5 Stars (bumped up to 4 Stars on Goodreads)
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