Review: "In Case You Missed It" by Sarah Darer Littman

Everyone has secrets—until they go viral. Sammy Wallach has epic plans for the end of junior year: Sneak out to the city to see her favorite band. Get crush-worthy Jamie Moss to ask her to prom. Rock all exams (APs and driver’s). With a few white lies, some killer flirting, and tons of practice, Sammy’s got things covered. That is, until the international bank her dad works for is attacked by hacktivists who manage to steal everything in the Wallach family’s private cloud, including Sammy’s entire digital life. Literally the whole world has access to her emails, texts, photos, and, worst of all, journal. Life. Is. Over. Now Sammy’s best friends are furious about things she wrote, Jamie thinks she’s desperate, and she can barely show her face at school. Plus, her parents know all the rules she broke. But Sammy’s not the only one with secrets—her family has a few of its own that could change everything. And while the truth might set you free, no one said it was going to be painless. Or in Sammy’s case, private.

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Hmmmm.... I'm not sure what to say about this book. It was nicely written and lowkey relatable but it was missing something. I feel like the book had a good plot and the sequence was well put together and there was good character development. The only thing was that the whole reason for the hack and the background on Sammy's dad's work was not explained well.

The book was relatable in the view of having to study for APs and SATs and regular junior high school life. Like I remember the stress of junior year and the pain of that (I'm glad it's over xD). That part was good and fun and whatnot.

But then Sammy's dad gets hacked for some reason which I'm still unclear about and suddenly everything goes downhill. Of course it's not horrible horrible to the point that Sammy is getting bullied or anything but her life at school grows cumbersome and hard to deal with. Furthermore, two of her so-called best friends abandon her for writing a few measly sentences about them which granted, were bad, but didn't need to have such an extra and big response.

I think it was a pretty okay book overall but it needed a bit more clarity on a few aspects and perhaps more background on a few characters. Other than that, quite a good read!

Overall Rating: 3 stars