The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: Anna K: Away
AUTHOR: Jenny Lee @jennyleewrites
Publisher: Flatiron Books @flatiron_books
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: April 27, 2021
The Review
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- Thank you to @Librofm for the opportunity to read this book! These weren’t even on my radar and after reading the first, I was excited to read this even more.
💜 What I liked:
- We move back and forth between Anna and her travels in Korea, Lollie at theater camp, and Bea in California. It all comes to a head at the Summertime Funtime party! There is mayhem and intrigue as well as lots of drama. The girls do a lot of soul searching after the tragedy in the previous book.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- While a lot happens in this book and the characters grew in ways I was missing from the first book, I felt like there wasn’t a lot that happened to Anna. I really would have liked to see more of her time in Korea.
💁♀️ The Characters:
- Anna goes to Korea and meets Quentin. Steven, Dustin, and Kimmie hang out during the summer while Lollie is at camp. Bea goes to California and meets a new interest.
🚦 The Ending:
- Not as shocking as the first book and I was wanting more for Anna. Here is hoping for book 3, maybe?
💬 The Narrator:
- Jenna Ushkawitz did a lot better narrating this time around! Really enjoyed listening.
💭 Consider if you like:
- Stories of love and losing, journeys of finding yourself.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from LibroFM.
📘 Summary:
It’s Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl! Anna K Away follows the fabulous cast of characters from Anna K over the course of the next summer, when new freedoms lead to life-changing adventures, risks, and self-discovery.
How the mighty have fallen. Anna K, once the golden girl of Greenwich, CT, and New York City, has been brought low by a scandalous sex tape and the tragic death of her first love, Alexia Vronsky. At the beginning of the summer, her father takes her to the other side of the world, to connect with his family in South Korea and hide her away. Is Anna in exile? Or could this be her chance to figure out who she really is?
Back in the U.S., Lolly has forgiven Steven for cheating on her, and their relationship feels stronger than ever. But when Lolly meets a boy at her beloved theater camp, she has to ask herself how well Steven will ever really know her. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, everything between Kimmie and her new boyfriend, Dustin, is easy–except when it comes to finally having sex. And Bea escapes to LA, running away from her grief at her beloved cousin’s death, until a beautiful stranger steals her heart. Is Bea ready to finally forgive Anna, and let herself truly fall in love for the very first time?
Set over the course of one unforgettable summer, Jenny Lee’s Anna K Away is full of the risk, joy, heartbreak, and adventure that mark the three months between the end of one school year and the beginning of the next.