Name: Zenn Diagram
ISBN: 9781525300264

Wendy Brant

Eva Walker is a seventeen-year-old math genius. And if that doesn't do wonders for her popularity, there's another thing that makes it even worse: when she touches people, she sees a vision of their emotions. She can read a person's fears and anxieties, their secrets and loves... Then, Zenn walks into her life and she is instantly drawn to him, even more so, when she realises that he is the only one who is immune to her gift. When she discovers the history that links them though, the truth threatens to tear the two apart.

Zenn Diagram

An irresistible novel about math and romance, with a hint of the paranormal. Being a math genius is not exactly a ticket to popularity for seventeen-year-old Eva. Even worse, whenever she touches another person or their belongings, she gets glimpses of their emotions, secrets and insecurities, making her keep her distance from everyone. So when Eva realizes she can touch Zenn, a handsome and soulful artist, without getting visions „ only sparks „ she finds herself drawing closer to him. But then she discovers the history that links them, and the truth threatens to tear the two apart. Readers will swoon over Zenn and connect with Eva, the most fully drawn prodigy in teen fiction today.

I love the way that I can reread this book so many times and it feels like home. I absolutely love this book, will forever love this book.
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reread #5: zenn & eva are still the freaking best 🥺🤍

Raven 

I love the way that I can reread this book so many times and it feels like home. I absolutely love this book, will forever love this book.
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reread #5: zenn & eva are still the freaking best 🥺🤍

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reread #6: still full of love for these two 😭💙 definitely needed this reread. 

Nadine 

This is a lovely lovely YA book. A math nerd, her friend, the school jock and the new guy. It's refreshing to read about teens who sensibly go about resolving the issues in their lives, taking responsibility, caring for others and most importantly being able to see others point of view and understand that sometimes things go horribly wrong in people's lives but your response is a choice.

Lillian Trickey 

Bit of a slow start but once it picked up I read half the book in one day!

Eleanor Luhar

Side note: I accidentally said Zenn diagram instead of Venn diagram to my A level maths teacher because of this book. It was incredibly embarrassing.

 I don't usually like typical YA romance stories very much, but I quite liked this. It wasn't just romance, but that was quite a big part of the story.

Eva is eighteen and has never really been able to touch anyone or anything. Not because she can't, but because she gets serious fractals when she does. They're like visions, only made of just patterns and colour that show Eva the issues and problems people are hiding. 

One good thing from these fractals is that they make her a great math tutor. Her maths skills are amazing, and when she touches anyone's calculator she can feel what math frustrations they have. Combining these two factors make Eva the best tutor, well, eva. 

She has two students currently; Josh, the footballer and her best friend's crush, and the new kid, Zenn. Little does she know how both these boys are going to change her life...

Quick note: No, this is not one of those annoying love triangles.

Without giving too much away, it turns out that the circles of Eva and Zenn's life overlap more than they ever knew.

So the themes in this book are wide and plenty, ranging from religion to death of family, loss of virginity, first loves, best friends, and way more. I like how Eva is, at first, a very stereotypical nerd who finds most girls shallow and horrible, but that she allows herself to try makeup and become obsessed with a boy because she knows it's natural. Feminism should allow for love and crushes and makeup and girliness.

The writing is very appealing to the age group I think, the voice of Eva pretty accurate throughout the book. There is loads of humour, but also some pretty nice serious notes, too. The change brought on by her best friend beginning a relationship is very relatable, and well-portrayed. They drift apart, get new friends, but find their way back to each other eventually. It's quite sweet.

Eva's family is great, too. I won't ruin too much but her mother reacts so naturally to the circumstances. 

My only real issue with this book is with the ending. I like that we don't know exactly what happens, but the whole deal with the scholarship/grant money... Hmm. Surely it would make Zenn angry to be treated like charity? And although it's nice, it's maybe a little too easy and perfect.

It was a really nice book. Not too long, but full of great content. Because of the ending, I will have to put my rating at 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5.

Zenn Diagram

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