The Marvelous
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
3.4
Claire Kann
In this exuberant YA novel, six teens are locked together in a mansion, vying for a life-changing cash prize in a competition run by a reclusive heiress.Everyone thinks they know Jewel Van Hanen. Heiress turned actress turned social media darling who created the massively popular video-sharing app, Golden Rule.After mysteriously disappearing for a year, Jewel makes her dramatic return with an announcement: she has chosen a few lucky Golden Rule users to spend an unforgettable weekend at her private estate. But once they arrive, Jewel ingeniously flips the script: the guests are now players in an elaborate estate-wide game. And she's tailored every challenge and obstacle to test whether they have what it takes to win—at any cost.Told from the perspective of three dazzling players—Nicole: the new queen of Golden Rule; Luna: Jewel's biggest fan; and Stella: a brilliant outsider—Marvelous will charm its way into your heart and keep you guessing how it all ends because money isn't the only thing at stake.From the author of Let's Talk About Love and If It Makes You Happy, Claire Kann delivers a captivating queer YA adventure filled with suspense, humor, and heart. Perfect for fans of contemporary YA fiction with diverse characters and LGBTQ+ themes.
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Author
Claire Kann
Pages
336
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Published Date
2021-06-08
ISBN
1250192706 9781250192707
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"It was entertaining and the characters were pretty great. A few of them were endlessly clever, and I couldn’t get enough of their constant witty banter. But for some reason, the story just felt kind of anticlimactic. I don’t know. I liked it, but I wanted to like it a lot more than I did."
Rhiannon Rabby
"This was such a fun, popcorn movie of a book. Fast paced novel about a group of influencers from a TikTok-like app competing in a strange challenge for a $500,000 prize. Most of the characters were super fun (I loved Stella but Francis was kind of a non-entity) and I enjoyed the mystery, but the way it shakes out at the end was a little silly to me. Overall though, great fun."
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