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Cecily in the City (The Cecily Taylor Series Book 3) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Jenni Bishop

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

3.5 stars
Cecily in the City by Krysten Lindsay Hager is a sweet YA romance that will delight YA readers. It is a quick read with teenage drama and angst, anxiety, jealousy and deep-seated insecurities and misunderstandings. As I said before Krysten is known for her YA romances and it is what she does best.
The story is well written and flows well that will keep her younger readers engaged.
Cecily has two passions than man she loves and acting. Unfortunately, she learns that it is a cutthroat business and the lies, the images and innuendos will either break you or make you. Trying to deal with the fame and dating someone famous maybe harder than she ever imagined. Once again jealousy and uncertainties make for a precarious relationship.
You shouldn’t believe everything you read in this business.
Mind games others play when they don’t get what they want are a dangerous road to traverse. There are characters that you can’t help but like and then there are those who you want to take down a peg or two.

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Cecily in the City (The Cecily Taylor Series Book 3) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Katie Matthews

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed the third book in this series, it was a quick easy read and had a good storyline. I still really like the character Cecily and think that she could be quite relatable for the young adult audience that is the target reader group for this book. The characters were really well written and I could really feel some of the anxieties that Cecily in particularly went through. I think having followed Cecily’s story through the first two books I really feel like I’ve been on this journey with her. I am looking forward to seeing what happens next for Cecily in book 4!

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Cecily in the City (The Cecily Taylor Series Book 3) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Trish Ann

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a quick read for me. It was a good story with a moving plot. There were a lot of connectable themes for the reader. I thought that Cecily was a well designed character and enjoyed seeing her handle what life was throwing. I would read more by this author.

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Cecily in the City (The Cecily Taylor Series Book 3) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Dawn Daughenbaugh

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Cecily in the CityCecily in the City by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5 Star’s
Cecily in the City (The Cecily Taylor Series Book 3) by Krysten Lindsay Hager

• Cecily in the City is the third book in The Cecily Taylor Series. This is a YA Contemporary Romance that will have you turning the pages trying to figure out what is going to happen next. This maybe directed more towards teen to young adults but in my opinion anyone of any age can enjoy this story. Tbis authors style of writing and her amazing characters make for a wonderful story. Her characters are well developed and very easily relatable. I felt like I could imagine every scene as if I were there. Cecily can’t imagine her life getting any better after she’s moved to the city and landed a dream position on a daytime soap opera. She’s very excited to be in the same town as her pop star boyfriend. Rumors get started shortly after she stars in another singers music video. Lots of drama behind the scenes. She just wants to be happy with Andrew. Soon she will find out life is much different in the spotlight.. I highly recommend reading this book to find out what happens next. I look forward to reading more from this Author.

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Cecily in the City (The Cecily Taylor Series Book #3) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Angela Hayes

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Cecily in the CityCecily in the City by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

 

3.5 Stars

 

Cecily In the City is the third instalment in The Cecily Taylor series by Krysten Lindsay Hager. It is a YA story with teen drama, family, friendship, chasing a dream, challenges, angst, romance, work, gossip, mean girls, a pop-star boyfriend, dealing with fame, and more.
We have followed Cecily since Book One as she navigated her way through all the ups and downs that have come her way. She has wanted to an actress for so long- and now she has a role in a daytime soap opera and she’s excited to see her dreams coming true. Life couldn’t be better. Right? Great career. Pop Star boyfriend. Big City life. But life likes to throw curve balls, and being in the spotlight can come with some negative dramas too. How will Cecily cope with it all? Read along to find out…
Cecily’s adventures are set to continue in Book #4- Stars In the City.
Happy Reading…

Thank you, Krysten Lindsay Hager!

 

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Cecily in the City (The Cecily Taylor Series Book 3) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Shelly Kittell

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Cecily in the CityCecily in the City by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I found this to be an interesting story of teen angst with a touch of mean girls. Cecily is just trying to achieve her dream. Right from the start, she’s dealing with drama. I found the story to be fairly relatable. You could feel her anxiety and trust issues. I found the characters to be well-written. You could feel the emotion, their personalities. I felt like it could have been happening right there around me. The plot was well-thought out. This is a good YA novel and a quick read.

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Cecily in the City (The Cecily Taylor Series Book 3) by Krysten Lindsay Hager

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Cecily Taylor Damone thinks her life can’t get any better when she moves to the city after getting a job on a daytime soap opera. She can’t wait to be a real actress and be in the same city as her pop star boyfriend. But soon rumors start after she stars in another singer’s music video. Plus, there’s more drama behind the scenes of her new show than what’s in the script. Cecily just wants to act, be happy with Andrew, and help the charities close to her heart, but life sure is different in the glare of the spotlight with people waiting to see you fall.

 Can Cecily stay grounded while in the big city?

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Krysten Lindsay Hager writes about friendship, self-esteem, fitting in, frenemies, crushes, fame, first loves, and values. Her work includes YA contemporary, middle grade fiction, and adult and young adult rom-coms. She is the author of True Colors, Best Friends…Forever?, Next Door to a Star,  Landry in Like, and Competing with the Star (The Star Series: Book 2), Dating the It Guy, Can Dreams Come True, and In Over Her Head: Lights, Camera, Anxiety.

 Her debut novel, True Colors, won the Readers Favorite award for best preteen book and the Dayton Book Expo Bestseller Award for children/teens. Competing with the Star is a Readers’ Favorite Book Award Finalist. Best Friends…Forever? is a 2019 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal Winner in the Children – Preteen genre. Landry in Like is a Literary Classics Gold Medal recipient and a 2020 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Medal Winner. She received her BA in English and master’s degree in liberal studies from the University of Michigan-Flint.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Rayne East

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Engaging teen read
This was an interesting YA read. The author covers many issues faced by a teen who is navigating tween-hood. I liked the voice of Landry, she was an easy character to relate to. There’s teenage angst, questions about what makes a good friend and family dynamics that all come into play. Recommend for tween and teens.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Tori Mitton

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<a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22444090-true-colors” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”><img border=”0″ alt=”True Colors (Landry’s True Colors #1)” src=”https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1402252280l/22444090._SX98_.jpg” /></a><a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22444090-true-colors”>True Colors</a> by <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8298036.Krysten_Lindsay_Hager”>Krysten Lindsay Hager</a><br/>
My rating: <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5359415018″>5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Landry, Tori, and Erika are bffs in high school. They do everything together, Erika makes the best friends go to a modeling competition, and Landry is the only one who gets called for next casting.<br />This book is filled with drama, laughs, makes you feel nostalgic about high school all over again. It’s a must read!
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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Rosanna Ingram

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Remember, back in middle school, where the popular girl was the one who always had an interesting story or event to talk about?!? That’s who Landry wants to be. So, when she gets chosen to move forward in a modeling competition, she thinks this could be the start of that journey. But, her “best friends” alienate her and she doesn’t understand why. She tries making new friends, but it seems like everyone has their own group of friends and she isn’t quite sure where she fits in. Throw in some boy drama and you’ve got middle school in a book!

This was almost like reading the diary of almost any middle school girl. It was well written and dealt with the issues that teen girls everywhere face…friendships, jealousy, conforming to feel accepted, boys, and finding where you fit it. I was transported back in time as I read it. I loved Landry’s character. She went through quite a bit…and I believe she found herself along the way. I’m interested in seeing what happens in the next book.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Michelle Austin

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a good 5 star read. I felt like I was reliving some of the things my teen daughter encountered when she was in school. The author does a great job with her writing and makes you feel like you are right there in the story feeling everything that Landry was. To go from being part of the group and having jealousy rear its ugly head causing her to be ostracized by her supposed friends was heartbreaking.
Overall this was a great read and I would suggest young teens to read this. My emotions were all over the place with the things she would go through and how she was treated. I look forward to reading more from this author and series. 1-click and get started today.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Mary Espinoza

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

So let’s talk about nostalgia! I mean come on, every girl that was in middle school had to deal with drama at one point in time. I found that even though True Colors was a novel more geared towards the middle school aged audiences, I still found it entertaining. I found myself able to read the book quite easily as an adult who hasn’t been in middle school for a very long time! The author did a good job of touching on many of the topics that middle school girls go through on a daily basis! There were mentions of the trials of friendships, of course self esteem issues, bullying, we can’t forget the notorious gossiping, and of course trying to find your way through middle school and preparing for high school, oh yes and I almost forgot… boys! I personally do believe that this is a well written novel that many pre teen and teenage girls would enjoy reading. The book was not overly long, and was written on a level that they would be able to understand. Great job to the author for making such an age appropriate, entertaining book for the younger generations of females.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Devon Pulliam

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is such a good book for young girls in middle school.
Landry goes thru losing/gaining/losing/gaining friendships over the course of the school year. Also while navigating having parents living apart and the start of a modeling career as well.

Landry shows grace and how hard it is to navigate that awkward age of 13/14. I thought the author did a wonderful job in the inner monologue along with the characters being super relatable. Middle school is so rough in all aspects and Landry shows that you can make it thru and have various friends groups and even how to handle those when they can’t cross paths with one another.

If my daughter was a little younger I would have her read this book/series because it’s relatable for those navigating the awkward teenage years between middle school and high school.

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True Colors(Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager- Review by Heather Knalls

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Landry is your normal teenage girl, feels invisible and left out. Her so called friends invite her to a modeling casting call for a tv show at a local mall and she is one of the finalists. Her so called friends ditch her and start making fun of her so she makes me friends with Devon and her crew. She makes the live show in her state but is not chosen as a finalist, however a few agencies want her to come for auditions. Soon she is torn between new friends and old and she’s not sure who to choose. What more could any teenage girl want, friends and game and fortune!

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Jennie M Bechtel

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Landry is a thirteen (going on fourteen) year old girl who just wants to fit in. She wants a modeling career that will make her famous, friends who will be by her side through thick and thin, and something interesting to talk about with her classmates. She has friends who may not be as loyal as she thought. Throughout this book, Landry learns more about herself, meets new friends, and navigates the difficulties of middle school. I really enjoyed this book! I love the characters and the dialogue. I felt the characters were relatable and realistic. One small criticism was the technology in this book. I feel like today’s teens might not communicate in the ways they do in the book. I would definitely recommend this book to middle school, high school, and even adult readers, and I can’t wait to read the next books in this short series.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Ashley Sugar

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Glad those days are gone and makes me wonder how it’s been so long ago. Really good young adult book and coming of age read. And the friendships and the way young girls act to one another…it’s so spot on but also extremely sad. Seeing the way Landry was treated by her so called “friends” all the time actually made me sad and super angry for her. If Landry did something, there was always someone out there jealous of her or someone out there making up lies about her. The young girl bullies is something I can relate too as well. It happens a lot and I feel for Landry. Every time something went well for her, ericka was always there to talk down on her and bashing her behind her back. Making Landry feel like she doesn’t deserve what she’s achieving. Landry made it through a modeling competition but because ericka didn’t make it through, she had to start downplaying Landrys looks. Landry made it second place is this writing competition as well but because it wasn’t first place, ericka had something to say about that too. Friends don’t do that. So even though I really enjoyed this book, it also made me angry. I always say it’s a good book if you can bring out all kinds of emotions! I want to feel it all! So even though it made me mad, I loved it lol.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Felicia Bates

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was looking for a lighter read to get out of a bit of a reading slump and True Colors caught my attention. The writing and real life scenarios took me right back to middle school with cliques and struggles and oh, so much drama.. I can imagine this would be an incredibly relatable story for the younger audience and for that I would definitely recommend this book. The book was incredibly realistic with characters that felt like they could be in my own life, or could have been me many years ago. I would be curious to read more from this author in the future as well.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Nina Maes

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This one is full of drama! It is a middle school read full of “mean girl” drama. It’s also about finding yourself and trying to fit in. I recommend this one to all ages, who like really life drama and adventures. Fast and enjoyable read.

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This one is full of drama! It is a middle school read full of “mean girl” drama. It’s also about finding yourself and trying to fit in. I recommend this one to all ages, who like really life drama and adventures. Fast and enjoyable read.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Rachel Moss

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a good read! It felt relatable, and was also well written especially for a novel meant for someone younger. Some parts of this story felt a little juvenile to me, I guess because of age difference but it was still enjoyable. The storyline was cast paced so I felt like I read this one fairly quickly. I’ve read books by this author before and this one and enjoyed them all and this was no exception. I highly recommend reading this book, especially young adults.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Christine Baranek

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

True Colors
By : Krysten Lindsay Hager

This is such a sweet middle grade novel. One that I would have definitely recommended to my fifth grade girls and have had in my library back when I taught fourth and fifth grade. As a teacher, I felt that this book accurately portrayed middle school and how challenging school can be. Especially the drama, oh the drama! It brought back memories to my own middle school years but also to those students I teach. I definitely recommend this book!

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Faith Jackson

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved reading this as an adult and as a parent. My 7-year old son could definitely relate to Landry even though he’s just in 2nd grade. He learned a lot about his personality, being accepted (or not), FOMO, and what it’s like to be true to himself. As an adult raising my kids alone, it taught me how to point him in the right direction and away from frenemies. Great work to the author, Ms. Lindsay Hager!

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Kerry Carr

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a sweet short read. The author does an amazing job of bringing the leader character and all the people around her to life. The author does a really good Jo of captivating the feelings, thoughts and emotions of a young teenage girl and all the problems she encounters as she tries to navigate her way through life and find who she really is.

Landry is a normal teenage girl. She isn’t part of the popular crowd but she has her friends and she’s happy with that. Sometimes she wishes she was more interesting but that will never happy.
Until the day she enters a modelling competition with her friends. Landry doesn’t think she stands a chance of winning but she only goes to support her friends. So when she gets a call saying she had moved forward in the competition she thought her friends would be happy for her but boy was she wrong.
Her friends turn on her, completely ignoring her and blocking any attempts that Landry makes to talk to them.
Now she finds herself alone as she tries to navigate school, making friends with new people a potential crush and the modelling show how is she going to handle it all.
This brought back memories of my younger years as I remember how much of a awkward teenager I was and how hard u found it to fit in and find my place.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Jules Herbert

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I highly recommend this wonderful book especially for young teen readers. I had to remind myself a few times that I am way older than the target audience but at the same time I still really enjoyed it. The authors writing style and very vivid descriptions draw you straight into the story and she expresses and handles the elements of a teen life, for example feelings, in a very understanding and completely relatable way.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Desiree Ottinger

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Landry dreams of being someone that lives an interesting life. A life where people stop you to ask about it, admire it, and are even a little jealous of it. When she gets chosen to advance in a modeling opportunity and her two best friends don’t, she starts to see that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. In fact, sometimes it is a very lonely place to be. Her “friends” drop her, and Landry is left to find new friends. As she begins to make a new friend group, and finally feel like she’s on even ground again, her old friends pretend like nothing ever happened! Stuck in the middle of two sets of friends, Landry finds who herself really questioning what a good friend really is. Can she reconcile with her two best friends and not alienate her new friends? Or will she have to choose between them?

This is my first time reading this author and I have to say, I was pretty impressed! I think they did an excellent job of tapping into a fourteen-year-old girl’s mind! I was kind of blown away by how many feelings it brought up from my own past middle school friendships. I felt like all the teenagers and their parents were depicted in a down to earth, very relatable way. It was easy to see the story playing out in my mind while I read this. lf I had a younger daughter that was preparing for eighth grade/freshman year of high school, I would have her read this!

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Dawn Daughenbaugh

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5 Stars
True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager

True Colors is the first book in Landry’s True Colors Series and is a tween/teen drama packed with dram,self esteem, self-doubt,peer pressure and wanting to feel like you belong. This is geared more towards tween/teens ages eight to fourteen or middle school ages kids. I’ll say this I for one don’t miss the middle school days nor would I ever want to go back. Kids can be mean and make you feel like you don’t belong. Landry definitely has feelings of not being enougj or feeling like she belongs along with self doubt. Its rough being this age along with all the issues that come with it. I highly recommend reading this book to find out what happens. I look forward to reading more from this Author.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Cindy Mayberry

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Landry wants what every teen girl wants. To be popular, and to have exciting things to talk about. However, to achieve those things she soon finds out, will cost her. She is smart, she is beautiful, but she forgot something along the way. Her true friends! This author remembers what middle school was like for all of us at that age. Landry and her best friends will find out who their true friends are, as well as those who are not. This story is great for those tweens who are looking for friends they can count on. The story is fast paced and the characters play their parts well. I recommend this story for all teen girls from middle school through high school. Parents and adults alike will enjoy this story just as I did.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Jennifer Allen

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is for both young and old. Be prepared to head back to junior high and feel all those same feelings of insecurities.. I loved how sincere Landry’s thoughts of self-doubt were completely on the mark. It was nice to relive the days of talking to your crush, making plans with friends, and trying to find out where you belong. If you’re looking for a fun, quick read then this is the book for you.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Melissa Saxton

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a cute series about middle school and the drama you somehow forget it entails for everyone until you read this story and have a whole lot of nostalgia.
Landry is your typical middle schooler trying to find herself. She has some friends but has an opportunity to do something new when she enters a modeling competition and it may launch her into a spotlight she might not be ready for. Will the extra attention and popularity actually be what she wants? How much drama will come from being noticed?
The character was done well with the interpersonal dynamic of middle schoolers was spot on. Great book for school age kids or even adults looking for nostalgia or just a well done book.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Katie Matthews

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this story, it was nice to read something a little different to what I normally read. The pace and flow of the story was really good and I think the author did an amazing job of capturing Landry’s 13 year old character so perfectly. She conveyed her inner thoughts and feelings across to me as the reader really well. I really did feel like I knew Landry and could definitely empathise with how she was feeling at times. Being a teenager is a really hard time and I definitely think the author portrayed this really well. I can imagine many young readers would be able to relate to the characters and social situations that arise in this book. I would definitely like to read the next book in the series.

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True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series Book One) by Krysten Lindsay Hager – Review by Tara Johnson Barnes

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True Colors (Landry's True Colors #1)True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When Landry is convinced by her friend to enter a modelling contest for the American Ingenue show being held at the local mall she reluctantly agrees. Only doing so because her two friends, Ericka, and Tori, will also be entering the contest with her. Landry expects nothing to come of the tryouts because she does not consider herself to be pretty enough to be a model. When Landry receives a call that informs her that she has made it to the second round in the tryouts she is surprised, but not nearly as much as her friend who did not expect Landry to advance at all in the tryouts. Landry suddenly finds that the girls she considered to be her best friends are now snubbing her and barely speaking to her. Landry is hurt and upset by her friend’s treatment and soon finds herself having to make new friends.

Landry is a character that I found to not only be likable but also relatable and I really enjoyed how the story was told from her point of view. I was bullied a lot in school and took a lot of abuse in the form of criticism about my appearance from not just classmates but those that called themselves my friends. My self esteem suffered greatly from the criticism, but I never said anything because I did not want to risk losing my friends. It took me well into adulthood to realize that some of those that I considered to be my closest friends were never really a true friend to begin with. Landry was not only courageous enough to try to form other friendships but to also step outside of her comfort zone and try out for the American Ingenue show.

Landry had not only self esteem issues and bullying to deal with but peer pressure and issues at home as she tried to figure out the weird relationship between her parents. Her parents lived in separate cities but were not separated or divorced which was hard for her to sort out. With so much going on in her life it was often difficult for Landry to navigate her feelings, thoughts, and emotions on her own. This is a great book for not just teens, but for adults as well. I found myself reliving my teen years through Landry’s eyes and it gave me new insight into my own high school experience. I highly recommend!

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