VBT# This Golden State - Marit Weisenberg
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.
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3JEQ7lM
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