Caught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances' dreams come crashing down. Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. But when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom.
Nothing will stand in her way not friends, not a guilty secret - not even the person she is on the inside. What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong? Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Frances and Aled’s friendship is a truly beautiful thing, and this is a seriously smart piece of contemporary YA. “Nothing good comes out of lying to people,” Frances remarks, and that’s one of the big themes of this big-hearted novel: being brave enough to face up to the truth, not least the realisation that sometimes the path you’ve mapped out for yourself isn't the right one. Then, while devastated at losing her best friend, the rest of Frances’ life also starts to unravel. Thinking Frances has betrayed him, Aled cuts all contact with her when he leaves for university. Their friendship flourishes until Aled is outed as the podcast’s creator. He loves her art, loves her style and, most importantly, he makes Frances “feel like I’d never had a real friend before”. Shy, clever Aled turns out to be the creator of Universe City. She also has a secret side that loves wearing burger-print jumpers and creating fan-art for cult YouTube podcast, Universe City, although that remains firmly under wraps until she befriends Aled. But academic success isn’t all there is to Frances. That’s the path she believes will lead to a happy life.
She’s set on reading English Literature at Cambridge and getting a good job. One of our Books of the Year 2016 | March 2016 Book of the Monthįrances’ life has been mapped out since forever.
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