Skipshock

SKIPSHOCK is a future-minded Wizard of Oz, meets Hunger Games with smatterings of inter dimensional travel. It consumed my every waking and sleeping thought while reading. Every wink and nod to her exceptional dissection of pop culture is bliss. Yes, on the surface it’s a love story about an Irish teen and an otherworldly young salesman, up against the odds, but at its heart it is just THEMES. I am just absolutely jaw on floor at the turns of phrase, the detailed world building and heart. The parallels between the political hellspace kids are up against today, the commentary on aging and protecting childhood even when we’re up against everything the world is throwing at us; that adults are throwing at us, is exceptional. I cannot wait to read this and the sequel (bring on next year) again with my daughter in a decade because this is timeless, faultless storytelling.

Caroline O’Donoghue is the author of the New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series All Our Hidden Gifts as well as several highly-acclaimed novels for adults, including her most recent The Rachel Incident. She has written for The Times and The Guardian, and is the host of an award-winning podcast, Sentimental Garbage. She was born in Ireland and lives in London.