Radio Silence: TikTok made me buy it! From the YA Prize winning author and creator of Netflix series HEARTSTOPPER

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We follow Frances, a girl who is dead set on going to Cambridge... even though she doesn't really seem to understand why she got on this path in the first place or remember why it matters so much to her. It's always been her plan, so it must have been the only good option, right? When she gets involved in a YouTube podcast that she loves, through making meaningful relationships and valuing art in a new way, she starts to understand that there isn't one right option. This is so weird and choppy but I’m still REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY I DIDN’T LIKE THIS. I’M SORRY. Every element of this was just so incredibly appealing to me. The solid m/f friendship, the parents in the story, the relationship between Aled and Daniel. The podcast, Frances worry about school, the pressure on the kids regarding school, the teenagers hanging out, the little mystery element over who is February Friday, and what happened to Carys. So who was Oseman’s childhood hero? “Mine is probably Artemi s Fowl because it was my favourite book series when I was younger. I just wanted to be Artemis Fowl. I thought he was the coolest person ever.” The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the million-copy bestselling Heartstopper books—now a major Netflix series.

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it's like Alice cut out my brain, and like dig in through it , and wrote everything I have been thinking for like my entire lifetime !

I thought I was born for this is my fav y/a book , but no this surpassed that one but I am happy because they all are from same author!

On the first of November, I turned eighteen. I expected to feel different but of course, I didn't. I don't think age has much to do with adulthood." If she hadn’t already done it with Solitaire, then Oseman has definitely nailed the teenage voice with Radio Silence, and not only has she nailed it, she’s blown it out of the water. Oseman has captured the unique pressures faced by teenagers, from school, what happens after school, relationships (but not necessarily those for love, mind you) and she’s thrown them all into this novel. This book takes so many themes that every teenager faces, and crafts them into a story in such a great way that everyone in some way can relate to this story. Most teens have felt the struggle of academically achieving versus doing what you want with your own life, but Radio Silence takes it, gives it to Frances and makes it into something relatable and interesting to read about. This is an Alice Oseman book so the reps and the diversity were amazing! We have Frances who’s bisexual and English/Ethiopian; then there is Aled - the second MC - who is demisexual and his best friend/boyfriend Daniel who is South Korean and gay! Rain a friend of Frances is Indian and last but not least there’s Carys – Aled’s sister – who is a lesbian. So you just gotta love the diversity in this book! Also I think Aled is showing signs of depression but it’s never really verified. (though pretty much implied!)

Okay, I admit it: There was a moment when I wanted to punch Carys in the face! I mean if it would have been my brother suffering so much I would have run to him in a heartbeat. But then again she thought that she was the problem and that Aled would be fine. Thankfully Frances could persuade her to seek him out and the moment she realized her mother was destroying Aled she became the lioness I wanted her to be! XD I loved how she defended Aled and that she gave her mother a run for her money because quite honestly this was what I wanted her to do the entire book! I’m so glad Aled and her reconciled and I was glad Frances and Carys got a chance to talk about the night she vanished. I'm sending out this call via radio signal - long out-dated, I know, but perhaps one of the few methods of communication the City has forgotten to monitor - in a dark and desperate plea for help" Like, it’s one of the reasons that I got so into Universe City in the first place. Because Radio falls in love with all sorts of people, boys and girls and other genders and … like, aliens and stuff.” I laughed and he smiled too.Fantastic Fiction. "I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman". fantasticfiction.com . Retrieved 14 February 2018. In 2018, to celebrate the release of a third young adult novel, I Was Born for This, all of Oseman's published books received new, matching covers. [24] [ non-primary source needed] The re-designed covers were released in May, along with the new book. I think everyone’s a bit bored with boy-girl romances anyway,” he said. “I think the world’s had enough of those, to be honest.”