Not her literal voice, obviously, but just how real and smooth she felt as a protagonist. She decides to take a vow of silence – but even with that, can she bring herself to forgive, to face the truth, and finally, to somehow speak up for herself?Īll of the wonderful YA reviewers on Goodreads have already got this book covered, but one of its best aspects for me was Chelsea’s voice.
But when Chelsea blabs at a party and almost ends someone’s life, her sheltered existence comes crashing down. In this case our protagonist Chelsea is second-in-command to her best friend and utter b-word Kristen. The totally selfish, totally conceited, totally all-I-care-about-is-my-popularity girl who gossips about everyone and cares about no one. If you’ve read any young-adult realistic fiction or if you’ve watched Mean Girls, you know the archetype I’m talking about. All three are YA, contemporary books I would love to just shove at my future students and force them to read.Ĭhelsea Knot can’t keep a secret. If books could reproduce – don’t ask me for visuals – Speechless by Hannah Harrington would be the child of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver.
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