Tuesday, November 2, 2010

New McCafferty book: Bumped

I just heard about a new Megan McCafferty book from The Story Siren: Bumped! It seems like forever since I devoured the last Jessica Darling book. And while I didn't like the last three as well as the first two in the series, they were still superb and filled with wordsmith writing. And despite the fact that McCafferty makes her liberal views known at times in her books, the series is worth it.

And that's why I will read this:




Synopsis: When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents are forced to pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children, making teens the most prized members of society.

Sixteen-year-old identical twins Melody and Harmony were separated at birth and had never met until the day Harmony shows up on Melody’s doorstep. Until now, the twins have followed completely opposite paths. Melody has scored an enviable conception contract with a couple called the Jaydens. While they are searching for the perfect partner for Melody to bump with, she is fighting her attraction to her best friend Zen, who is way too short for the job.

Harmony has spent her whole life in religious Goodside, preparing to be a wife and mother. She believes her calling is to bring Melody back to Goodside and convince her that “pregging” for profit is a sin. But Harmony has secrets of her own that she is running from.

When Melody is finally matched with the world-famous, genetically flawless Jondoe, both girls’ lives are changed forever. A case of mistaken identity takes them on a journey neither could have ever imagined, one that makes Melody and Harmony realize they have so much more than just DNA in common.


Doesn't sound like the typical McCafferty book, but I'm all for authors switching genres. Comes out April 26, 2011.