The Marvelous

The Marvelous

Claire Kann2021
From the author of Let’s Talk About Love and If It Makes You Happy, this exuberant YA Novel follows six teens locked together in a mansion, contending for a life-changing cash prize in a competition run by a reclusive heiress. Everyone thinks they know Jewel Van Hanen. Heiress turned actress turned social media darling who created the massively popular video-sharing app, Golden Rule. After mysteriously disappearing for a year, Jewel makes her dramatic return with an announcement: she has chosen a few lucky Golden Rule users to spend an unforgettable weekend at her private estate. But once they arrive, Jewel ingeniously flips the script: the guests are now players in an elaborate estate-wide game. And she’s tailored every challenge and obstacle to test whether they have what it takes to win--at any cost. Told from the perspective of three dazzling players--Nicole: the new queen of Golden Rule; Luna: Jewel’s biggest fan; and Stella: a brilliant outsider--this novel will charm its way into your heart and keep you guessing how it all ends because money isn’t the only thing at stake. Praise for Let's Talk About Love: "This book is so charming and funny and bighearted. ... I recommend this one for fans of Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl and Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi." —Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "Claire Kann makes an admirable debut with this milestone for ace visibility." —Entertainment Weekly
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Sarah Sammis@pussreboots
5 stars
Apr 4, 2024

Privileged Home Maze 0066CC The Marvelous by Claire Kann (2021) is an updated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964) but written for a YA audience. Except this one removes the parents, plays up the horror of that sort of situation, and gives a cast of much nicer participants. http://pussreboots.com/blog/2022/comm...

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Emily Klo@emilyklo
4 stars
May 29, 2023

Cute!

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brianna@adansey
2 stars
Jan 22, 2023

2.5 it wasn’t awful but i couldn’t help but be sooo underwhelmed the majority of it

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Zoe Smolen@booksatlunch
4 stars
Oct 20, 2021

3.75 rounded up Overall, a super fun read! It takes the inheritance trope, adds social media, and a touch of Willy Wonka for a super fun YA mystery. Like other readers, I am a little perplexed about the exclusion of Harlow's POV and would love to learn more about her, but I don't think it affected my ability to enjoy the story. I found it thoroughly engaging and enjoyable and I looked forward to the moment I would pick it up each evening. Kann did an awesome job at making me shift my perception of the characters, and while I found some characters abrasive at the beginning, I came to really love all of them. If you're going into this looking for a thriller you might be disappointed, but you should give it a chance as a fun YA Mystery.

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Lindsay@schnurln
4 stars
Nov 17, 2021
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Nikki Sojkowski@loveat1stwrite
4 stars
Oct 14, 2021