By Terry Lovett
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Customer tags: teen(3), futuristic romance, korean, magical realism, celebration, romance, high school, florida, asian, disney, fantasy romance, fantasy
Review & Description
Arriving unescorted to the prom isn’t exactly the way seventeen year-old Zia envisioned such a special night should begin, but at least Kiel has promised to join her there – even if it is only as a Simulacrum. Sure, it’s not the same thing as having a date who’s a Breather, but at least they can exist in the same time and space - if only for a brief moment. That’s all a girl can really hope for when she’s in love with someone from a different universe. And when her alien paramour does materialize, Zia will have the satisfaction of proving her two best friends wrong. They don’t believe Kiel is from another world, or for that matter that he even exists. They’re convinced he’s only a storybook love Zia has created as a substitute for the guy she really wants – popular, painfully handsome Kim. But despite what her friends think, they are not one in the same. She doesn’t need a fantasy substitute for Kim, because after years of clandestinely watching and wanting him, he’s suddenly noticed Zia as well – now that she’s in love with Kiel. Not that Kim’s advances have come too late, but they have created another problem – whom to choose. The boy she wants or the boy she’s wanted? ZIA is a fun, fast-paced novel full of inventive details and quirky, but relatable characters that will keep readers involved. Set in the not too distant future, the backdrop for ZIA is Celebration, Florida (the Walt Disney Company’s first master-planned community.) At its heart, ZIA is a romantic, coming-of-age fantasy with a message for any girl who didn’t - or won’t - have a date to her high school prom. As Zia tells her friends, “Cinderella went alone to the ball, and look what happened to her!” Read more
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