VBT# This Golden State - Marit Weisenberg

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Review: This Golden State - Marit Weisenberg - March 2022

As a reader, I love going into books blind as the stories end up impressing me and I often find myself enjoying them more and that is what happened with This Golden State as I originally must have read what the book was about with the blurb but had forgotten, so went in not knowing what to expect and then loved the way the story played out as new identities are a favorite trope of mine.
Ever since Poppy was a little girl, she remembers that her family has been on the run from the police. She doesn't know why and how it began but all she knows is that every couple of months - the family will up and leave and disappear and then reappear with new names and identities. She doesn't even know her parents' real name or what her real surname should be. The family is now headed to California and things are feeling a bit off for Poppy as her mum is acting weirder than usual and rules that have guarded their lives for the past eighteen years are being blurred. Poppy and her little sister Emma adjust to a new town where Poppy is finally allowed to experience a real summer school course at Stanford University where she can put her love of maths to the test. While in class, she meets Harrison Addison aka Harry and the pair become fast friends. During her time at Stanford, she overhears a class on genetics and it gets Poppy thinking about her parents and their past lives. On a whim, Poppy takes the DNA test but when the results come back and she later discovers the truth of who her parents are, will it put her family in danger, or has the time come for Poppy to finally be able to stop running and live a normal life? I did love the twist and reveal of her parents' identities but had wished that maybe we got to see more interaction with both of her parent's families.

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