Girl Against The Universe - Paula Stokes
Book Synopsis: Maguire is bad luck. No matter how many charms she buys off the internet or good luck rituals she performs each morning, horrible things happen when Maguire is around. Like that time the rollercoaster jumped off its tracks. Or the time the house next door caught on fire. Or that time her brother, father, and uncle were all killed in a car crash—and Maguire walked away with barely a scratch. It’s safest for Maguire to hide out in her room, where she can cause less damage and avoid meeting new people who she could hurt. But then she meets Jordy, an aspiring tennis star. Jordy is confident, talented, and lucky, and he’s convinced he can help Maguire break her unlucky streak. Maguire knows that the best thing she can do for Jordy is to stay away. But it turns out staying away is harder than she thought. From author Paula Stokes comes a funny and poignant novel about accepting the past, embracing the future, and learning to make your own luck.
This is the first book that I've read this year that I actually want to buy.
Maguire knows she's bad luck, how else would you explain the string of tragedies that seem to happen whenever she's around. She even has a bad luck notebook where she writes down whatever unlucky thing occurred that she's sure she caused. It seems like Maguire's unlucky streak is never going to break... but, everything changes for Maguire when she meets Jordy.
I love Maguire and Jordy together, they bring out the best in each other.
The only thing that I didn't like about this book were the strange names: Jordy, Maguire, Penn, and Kimber, but that doesn't really matter, the story was so good that I can't even complain about that.
Rating: ★★★★★