Fitting tale for our celebrity obsessed times

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This engaging story takes place in 2015 and 2051. In 2015, we follow website gossip writer, Orla, and her wanna-be instafamous roommate, Floss, as they grow Floss's popularity through social media. In 2051, Marlow lives in a modern day version of The Truman show, her emotions blunted by taking a medication that "sponsors" her celebrity. The story alternates back and forth between the two time periods and slowly we see how theses two stories intersect and how the characters are relevant to each other. It is very well written and you come to really care about all of these characters. Angelo paints a relevant cautionary tale about the seedy downside of obsession with celebrity culture and plants some interesting food for thought about hypothetical long term consequences of the obsessive use of our little rectangle devices that really makes you stop and think. This was a great read and I hope this book enjoys all the success it deserves.