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A review by jess_mango
The Mall by Megan McCafferty
5.0
4.5 stars
Campy, really fun read! I am not ashamed to admit that I loved this book. It could be that what I needed was some fun, early 90s nostalgia in this time of COVID and being stuck with two anxious kids.
Cassandra has just graduated from high school and is looking forward to working at the mall cookie shop with her boyfriend Troy before they both head off to college. And then, she finds out that while she's been out of circulation with mono for two weeks that Troy has dared to cheat on her with the crunchy haired girl from Bath & Body Works. After she is assaulted by said girl with cucumber melon body spray, Cassandra also finds out that she's been fired from the cookie shop. So, now she needs to find another job. She ends up getting a job as a bookkeeper at Bellarosa Boutique, a flashy women's clothing store owned by the mom of her former best friend Drea. Drea also works there and ropes Cassandra into a treasure hunt to find a treasure that was hidden somewhere in the mall in the mid-80's.
OK, this was total fun. I could SMELL the Aquanet and cucumber melon body spray. I could hear the 90's soundtrack. I could taste the Cinnabons! I loved this! It was a nostalgic ride through a mall in the summer of 1991.
What to Listen to While Reading
How Soon is Now? by The Smiths
Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice
Gonna Make You Sweat by C + C Music Factory
Trouble Me by 10,000 Maniacs
Losing My Religion by R.E.M.
Come as You Are by Nirvana
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!
Campy, really fun read! I am not ashamed to admit that I loved this book. It could be that what I needed was some fun, early 90s nostalgia in this time of COVID and being stuck with two anxious kids.
Cassandra has just graduated from high school and is looking forward to working at the mall cookie shop with her boyfriend Troy before they both head off to college. And then, she finds out that while she's been out of circulation with mono for two weeks that Troy has dared to cheat on her with the crunchy haired girl from Bath & Body Works. After she is assaulted by said girl with cucumber melon body spray, Cassandra also finds out that she's been fired from the cookie shop. So, now she needs to find another job. She ends up getting a job as a bookkeeper at Bellarosa Boutique, a flashy women's clothing store owned by the mom of her former best friend Drea. Drea also works there and ropes Cassandra into a treasure hunt to find a treasure that was hidden somewhere in the mall in the mid-80's.
OK, this was total fun. I could SMELL the Aquanet and cucumber melon body spray. I could hear the 90's soundtrack. I could taste the Cinnabons! I loved this! It was a nostalgic ride through a mall in the summer of 1991.
What to Listen to While Reading
How Soon is Now? by The Smiths
Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice
Gonna Make You Sweat by C + C Music Factory
Trouble Me by 10,000 Maniacs
Losing My Religion by R.E.M.
Come as You Are by Nirvana
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!