SweetFreak

Sophie McKenzie

Aug 2017 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Get ready for a brand new edge-of-your-seat read from bestselling author Sophie McKenzie!
 
When everyone thinks you're a liar, how hard will you fight for the truth?

Carey and Amelia have been best friends forever. Then Amelia starts being trolled by SweetFreak, a mysterious and hateful online account, and Carey is accused of being behind the vicious comments and threats.
 
Shut out by her other friends and shunned by Amelia, Carey is determined to clear her name and find out who’s really sending the messages. But as the online attacks spill over into real life, events start spiralling out of control… Can Carey expose the real SweetFreak before it’s too late?
 
A gripping page-turner from the award-winning Sophie Mckenize, SweetFreak will keep you guessing until the very end…

PRAISE FOR SOPHIE MCKENZIE:
'When it comes to YA thrillers, there's one name that defines the genre: Sophie McKenzie' Amy Alward, author of The Potion Diaries
'Sophie's thrillers are brilliant... You can't stop reading' Robert Muchamore, bestselling author

Ratings and reviews

This is very definitely a book for teenagers and it has a very strong moral - a bit like a fairy tale for the modern day. It certainly follows that basic outline with our heroine, Casey, being accused of something she just didn't do. This leads her to lose friends and to suffer bullying at school, even her mother doesn't believe her. As things escalate she runs away on a quest to prove her innocence, meeting Blue and Seti on the way who prove to be both help and hindrance. Culminating in her finding the protagonist and returning home to be forgiven and assimilated back in to the fold. Fairly standard story arc really. The characterisation is fairly good but I did find it woefully one dimensional in some instances - the best friend Amber is one such character, she just didn't live on the page the same way Amber, her sister Poppy and brother Jamie did. Even Blue and Seti have more about them (characterisation wise) than Amber. The plotting is adequate but it is overlong in some areas and feels rushed in others. This is why it only got 3 stars from me - not because I am way older than the author's target market. If you have a child starting Secondary School this is a very good book for them to read - it spells out the dangers of Social Media and how things can escalate extremely rapidly from friendly joking to out and out bullying. Although, these days maybe that starts even earlier but some of the scenes in the book are not suitable for younger audiences. It did leave me feeling relieved that there was no such thing as Social Media when I was at school and glad I more or less keep it at arm's length now.

This is the best book. I mean it cuz I am a book nerd. I've read over 500 books and I'm only 13. this is yet the best

Love it can't wait for the next book

About the author

Sophie McKenzie was born and brought up in London, where she still lives with her teenage son. She has worked as a journalist and a magazine editor, and now writes full time. She has tallied up numerous award wins and has twice been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.