Don't You Wish

Author: Roxanne St. Clair
Publisher: Delacorte

Release Date: July 10, 2012

Format: e-ARC

Source: For Review

Goodreads Description:

"When plain and unpopular Annie Nutter gets zapped by one of her dad's whacked-out inventions, she lands in a parallel universe where her life becomes picture-perfect. Now she's Ayla Monroe, daughter of the same mother but a different father—and she's the gorgeous, rich queen bee of her high school. 

In this universe, Ayla lives in glitzy Miami instead of dreary Pittsburgh and has beaucoup bucks, courtesy of her billionaire—if usually absent—father. Her friends hit the clubs, party backstage at concerts, and take risks that are exhilirating . . . and illegal. Here she's got a date to lose her V-card with the hottest guy she's ever seen.

But on the inside, Ayla is still Annie.

So when she's offered the chance to leave the dream life and head home to Pittsburgh, will she take it?

The choice isn't as simple as you think." 

***

Don’t You Wish is a light, fun read that immerses you in a glitzy, but emotionally complicated world. After super dorky Annie Nutter wakes up in a fabulous Miami mansion as Ayla Monroe, she has everything she’s ever wanted—except for a loving family. Annie soon discovers that being popular and ridiculously rich is not what she expected. Ayla is more or less a terrible person. She treats everyone like crap and she is no stranger to drugs and theft—not the kind of person Annie ever wanted to be.

Watching Annie struggle with the terrible person she was as Ayla Monroe was a joy. There was a lot of raw emotion that really added to the story. My favorite part, however, was the romance. Annie/Ayla and Charlie were so sweet together, and I loved the slight dorkiness that they both added to the story. I was a bit apprehensive when I first started Don’t You Wish because I thought this was going to be a story about a girl wallowing in self-pity about all the things she couldn’t have—and that really was not far off based on the first chapter or so. Luckily, the self-pity was short lived and the rest of the story was fantastic.

Time travel meets Gossip Girl in this perfect summer read. It’s full of glitz, glamour, and romance, but still has enough emotion and depth to be meaningful. Annie’s struggle to be true to herself as Ayla, and her quest to discover the true meaning of family is touching. 

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