Teen Book Review: Fall of the Butterflys by Andrea Potter
Good Reads Summary
Willa Parker, 646th and least popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life.
Did she choose this new life? No, because that would be too easy—and nothing in Willa’s life is easy. It’s her famous genius mother’s idea to send her to ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive Pembroke Prep, and it’s only the strength of her name that got Willa accepted in the first place.
But Willa has no intentions of fitting in at Pembroke. She’s not staying long, she decides. Not at this school—and not on this planet. But when she meets peculiar, glittering Remy Taft, the richest, most mysterious girl on campus, she starts to see a foothold in this foreign world—a place where she could maybe, possibly, sort of fit.
When Willa looks at Remy, she sees a girl who has everything. But for Remy, having everything comes at a price. And as she spirals out of control, Willa can feel her spinning right out of her grasp.
In Willa’s secret heart, all she’s ever wanted is to belong. But if Remy, the girl who gave her this world, is slip-sliding away, is Willa meant to follow her down?
Did she choose this new life? No, because that would be too easy—and nothing in Willa’s life is easy. It’s her famous genius mother’s idea to send her to ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive Pembroke Prep, and it’s only the strength of her name that got Willa accepted in the first place.
But Willa has no intentions of fitting in at Pembroke. She’s not staying long, she decides. Not at this school—and not on this planet. But when she meets peculiar, glittering Remy Taft, the richest, most mysterious girl on campus, she starts to see a foothold in this foreign world—a place where she could maybe, possibly, sort of fit.
When Willa looks at Remy, she sees a girl who has everything. But for Remy, having everything comes at a price. And as she spirals out of control, Willa can feel her spinning right out of her grasp.
In Willa’s secret heart, all she’s ever wanted is to belong. But if Remy, the girl who gave her this world, is slip-sliding away, is Willa meant to follow her down?
Teen Review
The Fall of Butterflies written
by the brilliant, Andrea Portes, whom of which wrote my personal favorite
novel, The Anatomy of a Misfit. I had a feeling her second young adult
novel would be good and (spoiler alert!) It was! It tells a story of a
young girl who has given up on life, for good. She is forced into moving away
to a boarding school, a school she got into because of her demeaning and
entitled mother, who just happens to be very famous. As soon as she gets to
this school she has plans to end it all, but then she meets someone quite
amazing. A beautiful, adventurous and very mysterious girl who was born with
wings and has the need to fly. She shows our main character, Willa, just how
great life can be and how great you can pretend it to be. Before long, this
great person shows Willa and the audience that some lives, even if they may
seem perfect on the outside, they are most often screwed up, and can be toxic
to those around them. However, this book was not as amazing as her first but,
nonetheless, this book speaks beautifully about friendship, life, love and
adventure and left me with something that will never fly away. I give this book
⅘ stars.
Teen Reviewer-Ella Raine
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