Everything Leads to YouAuthor: Nina LaCour
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Contemporary
Released: May 15th 2014
Review Source: Dutton Juvenile
A love letter to the craft and romance of film and fate in front of—and behind—the camera from the award-winning author of Hold Still.
A wunderkind young set designer, Emi has already started to find her way in the competitive Hollywood film world.
Emi is a film buff and a true romantic, but her real-life relationships are a mess. She has desperately gone back to the same girl too many times to mention. But then a mysterious letter from a silver screen legend leads Emi to Ava. Ava is unlike anyone Emi has ever met. She has a tumultuous, not-so-glamorous past, and lives an unconventional life. She’s enigmatic…. She’s beautiful. And she is about to expand Emi’s understanding of family, acceptance, and true romance.
Everything Leads to You was such a great read. It reminded so much when I was in high school and we did this intensive research. It was fun learning experience. And I felt this is how Emi felt as she researched the past to discover the truth.
Emi is not your typical girl. She has everything and she is not a spoiled brat. No, Emi has worked hard for everything she has accomplished. We all should be like her. I mean we should learn from her - to accomplish so much at such young age. To be driven at such young age. But what I love about Emi is that she is true to herself. She’s the type of girl that doesn’t care what people thing. She loves who she is and doesn’t care about if people talk about her. I also love how she is a foolishly romantic and falls in love easily. She’s such an amazing character. Struggling to get over another break-up form the same girl, her brother recommends Emi to do something fun this summer while he’s gone on a trip.
When Emi and her best friend discover a letter at a sale of a Hollywood film legend, they both decide to do the impossible. They decide to track down the mystery child of this legend mention in this letter. With intensive research and little clues they gather, they discover who the mystery child is.
Although the story was predictable, seeing Emi do something for fun was well, fun. She discovers a new love with Ava, the mysterious and unknown child. Emi is able to help Ava in many ways and their relationship blossom. Everything Leads to You is very sweet and fun. I recommend this to anyone looking for something to refreshing to read during the summer.
Nina LaCour talks about her inspiration for EVERYTHING LEADS TO YOU:
Writing a novel about two girls falling in love has been something I’ve wanted to do for a while, especially since I’m married to the girl I fell in love with when I was nineteen. But it wasn’t until I visited a high school in Minnesota and met with its GSA that I knew for sure it would be my next project. The teenagers I met made me understand how important it is to share stories about all kinds of love, and to show young people facing discrimination over their sexual orientation that there are places where they will be able to be open about themselves without fear, and people who will honor them for who they are, regardless of whom they love.
From there, the story grew to be about so much more: filmmaking, friendship, family, inspiration, Los Angeles, fears about life after high school, and the excitement of living on one’s own as a young adult. I thought it was going to be a simple love story, but the book had a mind of its own and became much more complex that I had imagined it would be. Still, the love is what binds everything together.
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This sounds like a very important book. I am adding it to my book order for the Fall. Thanks for the good review.
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