I am thrilled to be hosting a spot
on the RETRO by Jarrod Shusterman & Sofía Lapuente Blog Tour hosted
by Rockstar
Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Title: RETRO
Author: Jarrod Shusterman & Sofía Lapuente
Pub. Date: January 24, 2023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 400
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/RETRO
What starts off as a lighthearted
competition to live without modern technology for a year turns into a fight for
survival in this unputdownable young adult thriller by New York
Times bestselling author Jarrod Shusterman and debut author Sofía
Lapuente.
It was never meant to happen this way.
Things were never supposed to get this out of hand.
After a cyberbullying incident at her school goes viral, Luna Iglesias finds
herself at the heart of a brewing controversy. When the social media company
Limbo—who are also implicated in the scandal—sweeps in with an offer that
sounds like an opportunity to turn over a new leaf and receive a scholarship to
the college of her dreams, she’s happy to jump on the new trend. It’s called
the Retro Challenge, where contestants live without modern technology, wear
vintage clothes, party as if the future weren’t already written, and fall in
love as if they were living in a movie.
At first, the challenge is fun. But then things get dangerous. Kids start
disappearing, including Luna’s friends. There are voices in the woods. Bloodred
markings on the trees. And Luna increasingly begins to wonder if all these
strange happenings are connected with the Retro Challenge.
Secrets. Lies. Betrayal. The weight of her family on her shoulders. There’s so
much on the line for Luna, not to mention she’s falling in love with the last
guy she expected. Unless she can figure out the truth behind who’s sabotaging
the challenge, the next person to disappear may be Luna herself.
My Thoughts:
I am a huge proponent of nostalgia. I was an 80s and 90s kid and it was a great time to grow up. We called our friends on landline telephones, took photos that we wouldn’t see for days, weeks, months (or even years at times), and spent very few hours on the “world wide web” as it took our phone line away. In Retro, the characters are challenged to “go retro”, meaning abandoning all modern day technology for a chance to win a college scholarship. Of course, things don’t go as the main characters expect them to.
This story was extremely entertaining and fun, the characters really embraced going retro. It made me think about our world today. I’ve often thought that the birth of the internet and social media in particular has really been one of the worst things that happened to our world. The internet has been both a blessing and a curse. This book was extremely thought provoking and thrilling. The story takes off and never lets you go until the very last page. I did find some of the dialogue between characters a little cringe at times but other than that I loved it. Highly recommended!
I received this book from the author/publisher to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
My Rating:
4/5 stars!
About Jarrod Shusterman & Sofía Lapuente:
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Sofía Lapuente got her start in marketing for Google Spain,
and then immigrated to the States. Since, she received a masters in fine arts
at UCLA and has produced for Emmy nominated show Caso Cerrado (Telemundo) Sofi
and her partner, Jarrod, both have co-author credits in the fourth installation
of the bestselling Arc of a Scythe Trilogy GLEANINGS (2022)
and are the authors of their upcoming novel RETRO (2023).
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Jarrod Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author
of novel DRY (2018), which was one of the highest bid novels
in Hollywood of 2018, selling it to Paramount Pictures, produced by Temple
hill, which he’s adapting for the screen with co author Neal Shusterman. He is
also the author of accoladed Simon & Schuster novel, ROXY (2021).
Sofi and Jarrod are partners in every sense of the word, with love and
multiculturalism as an ethos— living between Madrid, Spain and Los Angeles,
California.
Find Sofía & Jarrod- https://linktr.ee/Sofiandjarrod
Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will receive a finished copy of RETRO, US Only.
Ends January
28th, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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Tour Schedule:
Week One:
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1/9/2023 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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1/9/2023 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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1/10/2023 |
IG Review |
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1/10/2023 |
IG Review/TikTok Post |
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1/11/2023 |
TikTok Review/IG Post |
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1/11/2023 |
IG Review |
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1/12/2023 |
Review/IG Post |
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1/12/2023 |
IG Review |
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1/13/2023 |
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1/13/2023 |
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Week Two:
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1/16/2023 |
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1/16/2023 |
IG Review |
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1/17/2023 |
IG Review/TikTok Post |
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1/17/2023 |
IG Review/LFL Drop Pic |
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1/18/2023 |
IG Review |
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1/18/2023 |
Review |
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1/19/2023 |
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1/19/2023 |
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1/20/2023 |
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1/20/2023 |
IG Review/Facebook Post |
Week Three:
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1/23/2023 |
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1/23/2023 |
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amandainpa 
nice cover
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