Book Blurb
Can you fall in love with a voice? This witty romance, told entirely through phone calls, chronicles the tale of a wrong number gone right.
It all started with a wrong number. The voicemails Lucy left on James’s phone were meant for someone else—someone who used to have James’s digits. But then when James finally answers and the two start to talk, a unique bond forms between the two teens.
Gradually Lucy and James begin to understand each other on a deeper level than anyone else in their lives. But when James wants to meet in person, Lucy is strangely resistant. And when her secret is revealed, he’ll understand why…
Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
Lucy calls to change her some specifics on a plaque that she has ordered. When she leaves several messages and gets no response from the company she starts getting angry. When someone finally answers, she is surprised as who she talks too. His name is James Rusher and he is a student at a neighboring school. His new cell number used to be the number for the business that Lucy made the order from. Apparently it went out of business and took her money.
Lucy is not thrilled and James gives her some advice about finding the number of the owner. She decides she doesn’t have the time. James calls her back with the number and it starts a phone friendship. They continually call each other and talk about what is going on and things about themselves. They make plans to meet each other but it doesn’t go as planned.
Both are holding back secrets. When they decide that the friendship has grown into more and those secrets are revealed it almost ruins the relationship they have developed with each other. Meeting each other may be impossible now.
The way this book was written fascinated me. It is all phone conversations and messages. I think a lot of young adult readers will like the book based on the form it’s written in. The storyline is realistic in the sense that high school students are attached to their phones and forming a friendship without meeting in person is quite possible.
The history of both the characters was a bit sad. They both had family issues that added to the plot and Lucy’s story was the most devastating when she reveals it. It shows what we can hide when talking to someone we have never met. I give it a 3 out of 5.
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