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    How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True

    By Sarah Strohmeyer

    3.5/5

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    About this ebook

    Like Meg Cabot, Sarah Strohmeyer has a gift for creating smart, funny girls teen readers love. She’s done it again with Zoe, heroine of her latest romcom.
     
    In YA novel How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True, Zoe learns there is a dark core under the glittering façade of the fairy-tale themed amusement park (cough, Disneyland, cough) where she’s a summer intern. For starters, her boss has a blacker heart than Snow White’s stepmother, and the other interns are worse backstabbers than Cinderella’s step-sisters.
     
    On the upside, she has the chance of romance with a real-life Prince Charming, and a shot at winning a big heap of cash. If she can just live through a summer in the Fairyland Kingdom.
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 23, 2013
    ISBN9780062187468
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    How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True
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    Sarah Strohmeyer

    Sarah Strohmeyer is a bestselling and award-winning novelist whose books include The Secrets of Lily Graves, How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True, Smart Girls Get What They Want, The Cinderella Pact (which became the Lifetime Original Movie Lying to Be Perfect), The Sleeping Beauty Proposal, The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives, Sweet Love, and the Bubbles mystery series. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Boston Globe. She lives with her family outside Montpelier, Vermont.

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    • 4/5
      This was just a typical cute teenage love story. Nothing especially original, but not terrible either. I liked the setting and the characters, but the romance was a tad bland.
    • 3/5
      Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: Adorable clean contemporary book that is sure to warm your hearts. It will take you back to your childhood dreams of being a princess.Opening Sentence: There was no getting around the fact that Tinker Bell was a little bitch.The Review: Zoe is spending her summer where dreams come true. She has landed an internship at Fairyland Kingdom theme park. Everyone gets a role as some kind of fairytale character and there is a chance to win a $25,000 grant. Zoe is sure they made a mistake accepting her into the program because she’s not much of an actor and all the other interns are extremely good looking.Zoe is cast as the “Lady in Waiting” to the Queen (the boss of fairyland). Zoe has to get up at the crack of dawn to walk the dog and she is running errands until she falls into bed every night. She is starting to feel a lot like the rejected sad version of Cinderella vs. the fairytale princess. There doesn’t seem to be much time to have fun and honestly she’s not sure if the money is worth all the work. But then a mysterious prince comes to her rescue and she is torn between being faithful to “The Queen” and protecting the boy she loves.Zoe is a cute protagonist. A little over a year and a half ago her mother died from a long struggle with cancer. Zoe has very few memories before her mother got sick, but she does remember that her mother use to take her to Fairytale Kingdom. So in a way Zoe is hoping that this internship will help her to deal with her grief, and it also doesn’t hurt that all the guys look like Abercrombie models. She is sweet, loyal, and a genuine person. I had fun reading her story.This was a really cute book. It was fresh, funny and full of likeable characters. The setting was interesting and overall the story was entertaining. The plot had a few twists that I wasn’t expecting and the romance was totally adorable. While there wasn’t anything profound in the story, it was a fun light read that was very enjoyable. Strohmeyer’s writing was engaging and easy to get lost in. I would recommend this to anyone that is looking for a clean fast read.Notable Scene:It was him.“Don’t come any closer,” I said. “If I see you and know who you are, I’ll have no choice but to report you to the Queen.”There was a pause. “So I guess saving your life was, what, chump change?”“Please. I’ve put my ass on the line by not telling her what happened. I promised you I wouldn’t tell, and I haven’t.”“Thanks. I’d hate to have to explain the whole story.”Not that again. “Really, whoever you are, your puns are pun-ishment enough.”FTC Advisory: Balzer + Bray/Harper Collins provided me with a copy of How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.

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    • 3/5
      How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True is an adorable story. Zoe and her cousin are interns at a very Disney-esque theme park. Without giving away the plot completely, I will just say that the book is very similar to a story involving an oddly behaved and strangely attired proprietor of a chocolate factory. The major difference is that this involves fairy tale characters instead of chocolate. Because of the striking similarities, I was quite disappointed after I read this. (Actually, I was disappointed while I read it because the similarities made it so easy to predict what would happen.)I know that it is almost impossible for people to have completely original ideas these days, but the similarities in this book and that classic piece of children's literature are disheartening. Maybe it was unintentional, but it was still alarming that no one seemed to notice that sometime before it was published. This story just made me feel very uneasy.That being said, the writing was actually worthy of more than three stars. If the story had been more original, then I definitely would have rated it higher.
    • 5/5
      Totally cute and exactly what I needed, I'm so excited to share with you all what I loved about this story.1. Realistic. I love how real Zoe's life it. She faces hard losses, financial struggle, and learning who she is. Zoe faces lots of hard times but she prevails, pushing through to the end, sacrificing for everyone else. She's works hard and it shows.2. Love. Don''t you just love it when you find love when you least expect it? Especially if they guy who keeps saving your butt is a mystery. This part of the story gave me so many butterflies and excitement. I kept trying to figure out myself who the guy would be and yes, I love that it was indeed him.3. Friendship. One thing I enjoyed about Zoe is that she is loyal to the end. Despite getting in trouble and doing things wrong, Zoe is the type a friend that I would love to have. Selfless and loyal in all of her actions, Zoe's loyalty takes her farther than she ever expected.4. Fun. This is a totally fun book. It makes you giggle, swoon, and just have a great time reading. It's not straining or hard to read. It's simply a fun, cute read that you can sit back and enjoy.5. HEA. Yes, it has a happily every after...well not exactly. Zoe works hard to make her dreams come true. And while some of them didn't come true, she got what was most important. Love.Exceptional and wonderful, I have yet again enjoyed what the author has written. Easily hooked, How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True is such a great read. A winning combination of love and life, How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True is sensational.
    • 3/5
      Y'all, I freaking adored Sarah Strohmeyer's YA debut Smart Girls Get What They Want, and I was very excited to get my hands on her next YA effort, also given a super long title. What I wanted from How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True (henceforth to be called How Zoe because my fingers are tired) was a light, funny read to combat all the science fiction and dystopian books I've been reading. How Zoe was the perfect little palate cleanser, and just what I needed to read at this moment.How Zoe is super cutesy. Like, cutesy to the power of kittens dressed up like princesses, okay? It is not, however, set in the 80s and does not involve cotton candy, as the cover seems to suggest. The mood is light-hearted and Strohmeyer's goal is to make the reader laugh and smile. At this point in my reading, I really wanted something sweet and funny, and How Zoe fit the bill perfectly.How Zoe takes place at a fairy tale-themed theme park, Fairyland. Zoe and her cousin (and best friend), Jess, have gotten coveted internships to work in the park over the summer with 38 other teens. Two of the interns, one male and one female, will win $25,000 dollar scholarships at the end of the summer for being the best of the best and showing that Wow! spirit. Both Jess and Zoe could really use that money, since Jess' parents lost their jobs and have already used up her college fund, and Zoe's family is strapped for money due to her late mother's medical fees.Fairyland serves as the perfect set up for romantic drama, because it's 40 attractive kids away from home for the summer. Plus, there's mystery and backstabbing and general rule-breaking. Yes, it's a bit silly, but that's totally the point. How Zoe is a great readalike for Strohm's Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink or Sales' Past Perfect, both of which take place at historical reenactment towns, and, personally, it's my favorite of the three.What I like best about Strohmeyer's YA novels is that, though romance is a big part of them, she doesn't spend all of her time on that. She really highlights the importance of female friendships and of reconsidering first impressions. Though Jess and Zoe don't get to spend too much time together through the course of the book, because Zoe's role keeps her so busy, Zoe always keeps Jess' well-being in her thoughts. Never at any point does Zoe resent Jess for being the princess-type, while she's not. Jess and Zoe are totally supportive of one another at every turn, and it's so great to see healthy female friendships in YA.My only real complain with How Zoe is the ending. The last chapter feels rushed and infodumps a ton of information on the reader. What could have been a cool twist ends up feeling way too neat and rushed. Plus, the whole resolution seems a bit unlikely, even in the context of the story. Why would Zoe have specifically been chosen for this? How could it have been in play the whole time and what if it fell through? Both the conclusion and the romance, while decent, would have been much more satisfying with a bit more time put into them.Even more than in Smart Girls, How Zoe is a fluff book. If you're looking for something with a dark center or deep themes, How Zoe is not going to be your book. However, if you're looking for a fast-paced read full of heart and humor, you can't go wrong with Sarah Strohmeyer's YA novels. I know all of her future YA efforts will continue to end up on my to-read list!