On Sale Date: July 11th 2017
Pages: 368
Age Range: Young Adult
After being rejected by all the colleges of her choice, Becca Harrington moves to Los Angeles.
Her plan is to give herself a year to get her acting career of the ground.
She lands in an apartment where she get two new friends who live in the same building; Marisol, an aspiring actress just like her and Raj, who is an aspiring filmmaker.
But living in LA is expensive, and as money runs out and she doesn't find an agent to represent her, she starts as a waitress at a restaurant.
In the meantime, together with Marisol and Raj they start to post short video's online, which gets the attention of a TV producer. But when Becca finally lands a presentation job at MTV, it seems like a fake, as the big boss who hired her has just been fired, and all she worked on for months has just vanished into thin air. And on top of that she finds out that her new best friend Marisol isn't who she thought she was all the time. But then she gets a call from an agent, who wants to work with her, and she gets into a college after all!
Hello, Sunshine is a fun YA novel about becoming an adult, living on your own for your first time and friendship. I loved Leila Howland's previous two books so this one was high on my wish list! It totally met my expectations. It had Leila's signature style of writing, which always contains a strong main character and storyline. And beside that her books are always so much fun to read! It was very entertaining to read about Becca's move to LA, her new friendships, search for acting gigs and just trying to start as an adult. Her relationship with her mother was also very enjoyable to read in their facetime chats.
This book just had anything that makes a good YA novel, and it is the perfect summer read! Recommended to read when it hits the bookstore shelves in July!
