The stereotypes are there: the male diva, the “real actress,” the gay boy who likes the (at least) bisexual boy who used to date Jack), the shy and sweet girl (who is not Jack, by the way, as she is the stereotypical “detached” BAD A$$ McGee), the other vloggers (who do not act in the series but are important to the overall storyline) and of course, there is the drama teens get into. They get their friends, siblings, and various “sets” (i.e.: their living rooms) to film. Our main character Tash (short for Natasha, therefore pronounced Tosh (like Posh), but I either missed this point or it was not mentioned until near the end when it is all the sudden important to the plot) and her best friend, Jacklyn (Jack) created a web series that is a modern take off to Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. Also, a web series is involved that has adapted Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. Overall, the characters are typical teen characters with the selfishness of people and the love and hate we feel.

With that said, it is nice to have an asexual character in a book (as I only know of one other book off the top of my head) regardless the outcome. I was hoping for a “happily ever after with no partnering at the end” ending. The character is a romantic asexual, which I am not saying is “faked” (as a character thinks asexual people are doing) or “not a real asexual,” but I was a bit disappointed that Ormsbee had an asexual character who had a relationship. But it turns out it was not 100% what I was looking for. I was excited to see an asexual character in a teen novel. Ormsbee) has created something that has potential and has a great idea for a main character, it turned out to be so-so for me. Turns out that while Kathryn Ormsbee (or K.E. And when I saw the cover of Tash Hearts Tolstoy (a grumpy Tolstoy starring out at the viewer/reader) I said, “That is going to be the best book ever, or a so-so book” and a must read.

I knew that most of these titles would not be at my library, and I would not want to own copies, therefore, this was a great way to read them. I found out that Simon and Schuster can give you free eBooks! I can now get eBooks through a venue not NetGalley (as I have mentioned my woes with them before) even though I much prefer “the real deal” over online.

Tash hearts tolstoy